X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 2 views 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

$487.90

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$1,394.00

Gross charge

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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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$41.44 with Wellpoint vs $1,394.00 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

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 $41.44 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $41.44 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $41.44 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $42.27 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $42.27 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $42.27 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $43.51 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.66 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $55.53 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $56.77 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $63.82 ↓ -87%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $76.69 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $95.79 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $105.49 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -78%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $108.64 ↓ -78%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -78%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $111.84 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -77%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $127.81 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $129.29 ↓ -74%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $129.29 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $129.44 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $134.50 ↓ -72%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $144.58 ↓ -70%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $153.34 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $153.34 ↓ -69%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $159.76 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -63%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $205.48 ↓ -58%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $300.37 ↓ -38%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↓ -29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $354.17 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $376.38 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $392.28 ↓ -20%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $504.35 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $571.54 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↑ +19%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $627.30 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $655.18 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $697.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $766.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $766.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $766.70 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $836.40 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $850.34 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↑ +78%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $906.10 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $906.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $906.10 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $975.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $975.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $975.80 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $975.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,045.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,151.73 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,184.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,394.00 ↑ +186%

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,382.00 $40.61 – $197.26
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $487.90 $41.44 – $1,394.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $41.44 – $197.26
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $41.44 – $197.26
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $842.65 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $349.16 $41.44 – $436.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $382.98 $78.83 – $574.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.98 $41.44 – $478.73

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