Venogram ext bil s&i 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

$1,512.70

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.

$4,322.00

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.

$95.58 with BCBS - TX vs $5,056.87 with NX Health — 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|MyBlue Health Exchange $95.58 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $102.75 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $132.99 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $132.99 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $133.65 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $135.65 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $136.32 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $136.32 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $140.33 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $152.94 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $178.21 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $182.20 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $204.80 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $207.53 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $213.46 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $228.56 ↓ -85%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $251.69 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $278.78 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $280.43 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $414.93 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $414.93 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $475.42 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $475.42 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↓ -62%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $637.07 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↓ -43%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,120.29 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,166.94 ↓ -23%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,555.96 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,555.96 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,555.96 ↑ +3%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,555.96 ↑ +3%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96 ↑ +3%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,563.70 ↑ +3%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,571.52 ↑ +4%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,587.08 ↑ +5%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,587.08 ↑ +5%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,602.64 ↑ +6%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,633.76 ↑ +8%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,664.88 ↑ +10%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,664.88 ↑ +10%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $1,740.96 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,772.02 ↑ +17%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,867.15 ↑ +23%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $1,944.90 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $2,031.34 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,100.55 ↑ +39%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $2,161.00 ↑ +43%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,178.34 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,333.94 ↑ +54%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,333.94 ↑ +54%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,333.94 ↑ +54%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,333.94 ↑ +54%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,333.94 ↑ +54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,351.61 ↑ +55%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,377.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,377.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,377.10 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,396.18 ↑ +58%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,593.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $2,636.42 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,809.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,809.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,809.30 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,025.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,025.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,025.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,025.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,241.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,570.84 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,673.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,322.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,056.87 ↑ +234%

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Venogram ext bil s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,512.70 $112.31 – $4,322.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $132.99 – $392.09
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $130.98 – $392.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $132.99 – $392.09
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,026.94 $267.62 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,010.86 $133.65 – $3,967.42
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