Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr 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

$4,089.40

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.

$11,684.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $11,684.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -98%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $733.71 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,019.04 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,019.04 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,019.04 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,019.04 ↓ -75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,019.04 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,019.04 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,029.23 ↓ -75%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,039.42 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,039.42 ↓ -75%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,049.61 ↓ -74%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,069.99 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $1,072.56 ↓ -74%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,090.37 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,090.37 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,090.74 ↓ -73%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,222.85 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,246.00 ↓ -70%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,375.70 ↓ -66%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,426.66 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,528.56 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,528.56 ↓ -63%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,528.56 ↓ -63%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,528.56 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,528.56 ↓ -63%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,538.54 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,569.32 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Charter $1,678.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $1,836.08 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $1,867.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|PPO $1,867.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $1,954.24 ↓ -52%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $2,817.75 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,154.68 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $3,311.88 ↓ -19%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,227.28 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $4,790.44 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $5,257.80 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $5,491.48 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $5,842.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $6,426.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $6,426.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6,426.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,010.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $7,594.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,594.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,594.60 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $8,178.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,178.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,178.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,763.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $9,653.33 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $9,931.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $11,684.00 ↑ +186%

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Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,089.40 $100.00 – $11,684.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $6,176.73 $2,126.94 – $2,126.94
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,126.94 – $2,126.94
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,126.94 – $2,126.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,212.17 $819.52 – $5,265.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,365.55 $898.57 – $6,548.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,351.73 $819.52 – $5,439.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,212.17 $819.52 – $5,265.22

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