Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital

20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3,485.30

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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.

$9,958.00

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.

$2,404.80 with KelseyCare vs $33,891.29 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
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -31%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -30%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,688.66 ↓ -23%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,813.82 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,813.82 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $2,813.82 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,813.82 ↓ -19%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,813.82 ↓ -19%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,870.10 ↓ -18%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,870.10 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,870.10 ↓ -18%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2,954.51 ↓ -15%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,228.00 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,235.89 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,485.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,602.81 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,625.28 ↑ +4%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $3,770.52 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,770.52 ↑ +8%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $3,854.93 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,894.00 ↑ +12%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $4,333.28 ↑ +24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,640.36 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $4,680.26 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00 ↑ +39%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,476.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,476.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,476.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,974.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,472.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,472.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $6,472.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,771.44 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,970.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,970.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6,970.60 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $7,008.88 ↑ +101%
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,455.00 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,468.50 ↑ +114%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $7,508.22 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $7,568.08 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00 ↑ +128%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,215.00 ↑ +136%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,227.30 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8,313.98 ↑ +139%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8,461.71 ↑ +143%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $8,464.30 ↑ +143%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,779.12 ↑ +152%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,779.12 ↑ +152%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9,280.72 ↑ +166%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $9,958.00 ↑ +186%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09 ↑ +199%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09 ↑ +199%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $10,428.09 ↑ +199%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09 ↑ +199%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $10,428.09 ↑ +199%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $10,428.09 ↑ +199%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $10,532.37 ↑ +202%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $10,636.65 ↑ +205%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $10,636.65 ↑ +205%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $10,740.93 ↑ +208%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06 ↑ +220%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06 ↑ +220%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $11,470.90 ↑ +229%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $14,077.92 ↑ +304%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $14,599.33 ↑ +319%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $15,642.14 ↑ +349%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $15,642.14 ↑ +349%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14 ↑ +349%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14 ↑ +349%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $16,059.26 ↑ +361%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20,636.00 ↑ +492%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $33,891.29 ↑ +872%

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,485.30 $2,688.66 – $9,958.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,019.34 – $9,909.11
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,757.54 – $10,731.66
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,813.82 – $8,410.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,581.80 $2,813.82 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,512.59 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,014.56 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,581.80 $2,813.82 – $25,500.18

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