Venous thrombosis imaging 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

$697.20

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.

$1,992.00

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.

$157.04 with Wellpoint vs $3,268.00 with United — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $157.04 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $157.04 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $157.04 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $160.18 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $160.18 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $160.18 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $164.89 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $180.60 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $190.72 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $205.02 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $210.43 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $215.14 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $219.12 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $219.12 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $241.84 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $293.63 ↓ -58%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $388.18 ↓ -44%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $425.93 ↓ -39%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $476.67 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.96 ↓ -30%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.96 ↓ -30%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $502.22 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $537.84 ↓ -23%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $539.14 ↓ -23%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -23%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $539.14 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $539.14 ↓ -23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $539.14 ↓ -23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $544.53 ↓ -22%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $549.92 ↓ -21%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -21%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -20%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $556.26 ↓ -20%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $566.10 ↓ -19%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -17%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $637.44 ↓ -9%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $646.97 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $697.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $720.71 ↑ +3%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $727.84 ↑ +4%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $754.80 ↑ +8%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↑ +16%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $808.71 ↑ +16%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↑ +16%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $808.71 ↑ +16%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $808.71 ↑ +16%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $816.72 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $816.72 ↑ +17%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $830.28 ↑ +19%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $896.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $936.24 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $996.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,095.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,095.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,095.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,195.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,215.12 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,294.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,294.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,294.80 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,394.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,394.40 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,394.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,394.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,494.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,645.80 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,693.20 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,752.20 ↑ +151%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,992.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,184.00 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|Charter $2,940.00 ↑ +322%
United Commercial|PPO $3,268.00 ↑ +369%
United Commercial|HMO $3,268.00 ↑ +369%

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Venous thrombosis imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $697.20 $157.04 – $1,992.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $153.90 – $807.62
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $157.04 – $807.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,244.58 $256.18 – $1,866.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,306.82 $156.38 – $1,633.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,244.58 $167.33 – $1,866.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,244.58 $156.38 – $1,866.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,306.82 $156.38 – $1,960.23

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