Urinalysis (without microscopy) at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center

1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$53.90

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$154.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.62 with Renaissance vs $154.00 with MHealth Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1.62 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1.89 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1.89 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1.89 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1.89 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1.89 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1.93 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1.93 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1.93 ↓ -96%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1.98 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $2.17 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2.25 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $2.25 ↓ -96%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2.25 ↓ -96%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2.25 ↓ -96%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2.25 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $2.25 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2.27 ↓ -96%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $2.29 ↓ -96%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $2.29 ↓ -96%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2.32 ↓ -96%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $2.36 ↓ -96%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2.41 ↓ -96%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2.41 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2.53 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2.53 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2.59 ↓ -95%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -95%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2.70 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $2.91 ↓ -95%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $3.04 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $3.13 ↓ -94%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $3.15 ↓ -94%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $3.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $3.38 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $3.38 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $3.38 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $3.46 ↓ -94%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3.71 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Exchange $4.16 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|PPO $4.16 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $4.16 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Charter $4.16 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $5.78 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $5.90 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5.90 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $6.37 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $6.50 ↓ -88%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $7.31 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $8.36 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $8.64 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.72 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $8.98 ↓ -83%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $41.58 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $55.72 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $63.14 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $69.30 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $72.38 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $77.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $84.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $84.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $84.70 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $92.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $100.10 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $100.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $100.10 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $107.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $107.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $107.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $115.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $127.24 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $130.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $154.00 ↑ +186%

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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $53.90 $1.62 – $154.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.89 – $9.74
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1.85 – $9.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.89 – $9.74
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $67.11 $2.03 – $8.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $96.30 $1.89 – $62.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $96.30 $3.30 – $53.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $96.30 $1.89 – $44.98

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