X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 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

$291.55

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.

$833.00

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.

$37.76 with Wellpoint vs $869.00 with United — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.76 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $38.43 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $38.43 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $38.52 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $38.52 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $39.20 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $39.65 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $44.19 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $51.50 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $52.65 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $59.18 ↓ -80%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $88.19 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -70%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -70%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -69%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $89.95 ↓ -69%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -69%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $91.63 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $91.63 ↓ -69%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $92.60 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $93.68 ↓ -68%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -68%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $95.77 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $102.95 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $103.18 ↓ -65%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $105.83 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $113.99 ↓ -61%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $119.06 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $119.90 ↓ -59%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $119.90 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $122.79 ↓ -58%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $123.47 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $126.59 ↓ -57%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $132.28 ↓ -55%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $132.28 ↓ -55%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↓ -53%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $213.89 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $224.91 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $252.20 ↓ -13%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $279.34 ↓ -4%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $286.62 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $301.38 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $341.53 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $374.85 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $391.51 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $416.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $458.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $458.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $458.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $499.80 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $508.13 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $541.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $541.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $541.45 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Exchange $582.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $583.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $583.10 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $583.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $583.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $624.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $688.23 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $708.05 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Charter $782.00 ↑ +168%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $833.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|PPO $869.00 ↑ +198%
United Commercial|HMO $869.00 ↑ +198%

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X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $291.55 $37.76 – $833.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $38.43 – $177.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $37.00 – $177.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $37.76 – $177.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $642.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $257.89 $37.76 – $322.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $274.01 $56.40 – $411.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $305.39 $37.76 – $381.74

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