X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 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

$729.05

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$2,083.00

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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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$51.47 with BCBS - TX vs $2,083.00 with MHealth Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $51.47 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $55.33 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $62.15 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $62.15 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.15 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $63.39 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $63.39 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $63.39 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $65.26 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $71.47 ↓ -90%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $76.69 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $83.28 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $85.15 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $95.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -85%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $108.64 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -85%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $111.84 ↓ -85%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -84%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $114.95 ↓ -84%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $127.81 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $135.53 ↓ -81%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $146.37 ↓ -80%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↓ -80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $150.12 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -78%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $159.76 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $161.21 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -78%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -75%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $193.91 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $193.91 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $197.81 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $229.13 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $229.13 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $307.04 ↓ -58%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↓ -53%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $562.41 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↓ -20%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $753.63 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↑ +7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $854.03 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↑ +19%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $937.35 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $979.01 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $1,041.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,145.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,145.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,145.65 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,249.80 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,270.63 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,353.95 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,353.95 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,353.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,458.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,458.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,458.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,458.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,562.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,720.98 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,770.55 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,083.00 ↑ +186%

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $729.05 $60.47 – $2,083.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $62.15 – $276.62
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $62.15 – $276.62
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,412.06 $165.13 – $165.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $545.64 $62.15 – $682.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $470.88 $96.92 – $706.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $477.22 $62.15 – $596.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $545.64 $62.15 – $682.05

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