Xe133 xenon 10mci 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

$336.00

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.

$960.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $960.00 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
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $187.98 ↓ -44%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $236.02 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $259.20 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $268.80 ↓ -20%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $296.60 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Charter $316.80 ↓ -6%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $347.33 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $364.80 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $364.80 ↑ +9%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $386.41 ↑ +15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $393.60 ↑ +17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $417.74 ↑ +24%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $432.00 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $451.20 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $480.00 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $528.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $528.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $528.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $576.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $624.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $624.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $624.00 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $672.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $672.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $672.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $720.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $793.16 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $816.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $960.00 ↑ +186%

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Xe133 xenon 10mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,444.00 $405.18 – $629.68
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $336.00 $100.00 – $960.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,186.31 $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $565.76 $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,328.96 $405.18 – $629.68
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $290.43 $100.00 – $622.35

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