Allergen egg white ige 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

$3.15

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.

$9.00

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.

$2.43 with OPTUM vs $18.70 with Cigna — 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2.43 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3.26 ↑ +3%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $3.76 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Optum $4.23 ↑ +34%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.38 ↑ +39%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.38 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $4.38 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.38 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.38 ↑ +39%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $4.47 ↑ +42%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.47 ↑ +42%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.47 ↑ +42%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $4.60 ↑ +46%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $4.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $4.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $4.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.04 ↑ +60%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.22 ↑ +66%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.22 ↑ +66%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.22 ↑ +66%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $5.22 ↑ +66%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5.22 ↑ +66%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $5.22 ↑ +66%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5.27 ↑ +67%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $5.32 ↑ +69%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.32 ↑ +69%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $5.38 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5.40 ↑ +71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.59 ↑ +77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5.59 ↑ +77%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $5.74 ↑ +82%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $5.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5.85 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $5.87 ↑ +86%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $5.87 ↑ +86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $6.00 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.12 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6.30 ↑ +100%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $6.75 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6.75 ↑ +114%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $7.05 ↑ +124%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $7.31 ↑ +132%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $7.44 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7.62 ↑ +142%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $7.65 ↑ +143%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $7.83 ↑ +149%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $7.83 ↑ +149%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $7.83 ↑ +149%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.83 ↑ +149%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $8.04 ↑ +155%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.61 ↑ +173%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $9.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $9.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $9.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $9.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $9.66 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|PPO $9.66 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|HMO $9.66 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Exchange $9.66 ↑ +207%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $12.39 ↑ +293%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.67 ↑ +334%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.67 ↑ +334%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $13.67 ↑ +334%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $16.96 ↑ +438%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.70 ↑ +494%

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Allergen egg white ige at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3.15 $2.43 – $16.96
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.38 – $20.91
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.29 – $20.91
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $4.38 – $20.91
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