Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme 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

$186.20

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.

$532.00

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.

$98.46 with BCBS - TX vs $646.82 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|Transplant $98.46 ↓ -47%
Humana Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -46%
Humana Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -46%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $143.29 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $143.64 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $192.48 ↑ +3%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $199.02 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $199.02 ↑ +7%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $199.02 ↑ +7%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +7%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $199.02 ↑ +7%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $201.01 ↑ +8%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↑ +9%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $203.00 ↑ +9%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $204.99 ↑ +10%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $206.18 ↑ +11%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $208.97 ↑ +12%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $209.68 ↑ +13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +14%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $218.12 ↑ +17%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $238.82 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $239.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $250.04 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $266.00 ↑ +43%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $268.68 ↑ +44%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $278.63 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $292.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $292.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $292.60 ↑ +57%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $298.53 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +60%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $298.53 ↑ +60%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $298.53 ↑ +60%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +60%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $300.30 ↑ +61%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $306.49 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $319.20 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $345.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $345.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $345.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $345.80 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $352.95 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $372.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $372.40 ↑ +100%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $372.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $372.40 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $375.67 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $399.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $439.54 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $452.20 ↑ +143%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $532.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $532.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $646.82 ↑ +247%

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $994.13 $41.35 – $90.71
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $339.00 $41.35 – $90.71
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $186.20 $90.00 – $532.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $41.35 – $90.71
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $514.22 $672.71 – $672.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $316.82 $89.77 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $426.82 $71.00 – $640.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $347.30 $69.46 – $495.95

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