An fluoro guide for cvp 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

$2,285.15

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.

$6,529.00

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 $6,529.00 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 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $102.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $106.29 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $186.37 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $218.40 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $245.34 ↓ -89%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,762.83 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,285.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,362.20 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $3,068.63 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,590.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,590.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,590.95 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,852.11 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,917.40 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,243.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,243.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,243.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,439.72 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,570.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,570.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,570.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,896.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,394.26 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,549.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,529.00 ↑ +186%

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,285.15 $87.36 – $6,529.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $128.13 – $1,148.53
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $128.13 – $1,148.53
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $604.24 $145.60 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $549.76 $113.16 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $754.13 $150.83 – $942.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $604.24 $161.13 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $549.76 $176.47 – $824.63

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