Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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

$147.35

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.

$421.00

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.

$29.34 with Renaissance vs $421.00 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 $29.34 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $34.23 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $34.23 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $34.23 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $34.23 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $34.23 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $34.91 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $34.91 ↓ -76%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $34.91 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $35.94 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $39.36 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $40.75 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $40.75 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $40.75 ↓ -72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $40.75 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $40.75 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $40.75 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $41.16 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $41.56 ↓ -72%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $41.56 ↓ -72%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $41.97 ↓ -72%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $42.79 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $43.60 ↓ -70%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $43.60 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $45.87 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $45.87 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $46.90 ↓ -68%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $48.90 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $48.90 ↓ -67%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $52.71 ↓ -64%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $55.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $56.64 ↓ -62%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $57.05 ↓ -61%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $61.13 ↓ -59%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $61.13 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $61.13 ↓ -59%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $61.13 ↓ -59%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $61.13 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $62.76 ↓ -57%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $67.24 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|PPO $75.47 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Charter $75.47 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $75.47 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Exchange $75.47 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $97.49 ↓ -34%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $106.80 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $106.80 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $107.57 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $113.67 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $117.77 ↓ -20%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $132.44 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $147.07 ↓ -0%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $151.73 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $152.32 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $156.48 ↑ +6%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $162.59 ↑ +10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $172.61 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $189.45 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $197.87 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $210.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $231.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $231.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $231.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $252.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $273.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $273.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $273.65 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $294.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $294.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $294.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $315.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $347.84 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $357.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $421.00 ↑ +186%

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $147.35 $29.34 – $421.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $34.23 – $167.27
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $33.55 – $167.27
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $34.23 – $167.27
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $672.12 $36.68 – $156.89
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $219.25 $10.00 – $97.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $5.09 – $97.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $233.19 $12.00 – $97.80

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