Vad cable power module dc input 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

$915.95

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.

$2,617.00

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.

$549.57 with BCBS - TX vs $2,617.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $549.57 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $549.57 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $680.42 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $706.59 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $706.59 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $785.10 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $785.10 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $785.10 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Charter $811.27 ↓ -11%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $863.61 ↓ -6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $863.61 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|HMO $889.78 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|PPO $889.78 ↓ -3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $946.84 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,072.97 ↑ +17%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,072.97 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,177.65 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,177.65 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,177.65 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $1,229.99 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,308.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,439.35 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,439.35 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $1,439.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,439.35 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,570.20 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,570.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,701.05 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,701.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,701.05 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $1,701.05 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,701.05 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,831.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,831.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,831.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,884.24 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,962.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,162.17 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,224.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,617.00 ↑ +186%

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Vad cable power module dc input at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $915.95 $549.57 – $2,617.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $222.94 – $489.10
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $222.94 – $489.10
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $222.94 – $489.10
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,808.00 $186.39 – $877.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,556.00 $71.00 – $638.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,556.00 $71.00 – $532.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,808.00 $175.43 – $877.14

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