Warde 3708165 mercury urine 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

$63.70

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.

$182.00

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.

$11.71 with Renaissance vs $182.00 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 $11.71 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $13.66 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.66 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.66 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.66 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.66 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.93 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.93 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $13.93 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.34 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.71 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.26 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $16.26 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.26 ↓ -74%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.26 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.26 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $16.26 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $16.42 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.59 ↓ -74%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $16.59 ↓ -74%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↓ -74%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $17.07 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.40 ↓ -73%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $17.40 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $18.30 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $18.30 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $18.71 ↓ -71%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $19.51 ↓ -69%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19.51 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.04 ↓ -67%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $21.95 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $22.60 ↓ -65%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $22.76 ↓ -64%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $24.39 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.39 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $24.39 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $24.39 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $24.39 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $25.04 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.83 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Exchange $30.11 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|PPO $30.11 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $30.11 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Charter $30.11 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $38.84 ↓ -39%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.62 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.62 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $42.85 ↓ -33%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $46.99 ↓ -26%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $48.30 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $49.14 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $52.85 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $58.58 ↓ -8%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $62.44 ↓ -2%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $64.88 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $65.85 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $74.62 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $81.90 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $85.54 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $91.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $100.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $100.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $100.10 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $109.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $118.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $118.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $118.30 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $127.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $127.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $127.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $136.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $150.37 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $154.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $182.00 ↑ +186%

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Warde 3708165 mercury urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $63.70 $11.71 – $182.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $13.39 – $66.90
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.66 – $66.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $91.48 $10.00 – $39.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.34 $3.80 – $39.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $90.94 $12.00 – $39.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $91.48 $10.00 – $39.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $117.34 $12.00 – $39.02

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