Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 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

$2,439.50

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.

$6,970.00

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.

$66.20 with Renaissance vs $6,970.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $66.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $79.98 ↓ -97%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $91.94 ↓ -96%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $91.94 ↓ -96%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $91.94 ↓ -96%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $91.94 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $91.94 ↓ -96%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $91.94 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $92.58 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $92.86 ↓ -96%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -96%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -96%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $94.70 ↓ -96%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $98.38 ↓ -96%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $98.38 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -96%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $101.13 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $116.13 ↓ -95%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $124.12 ↓ -95%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $128.72 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $137.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $137.91 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $137.91 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $137.91 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $141.59 ↓ -94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $153.38 ↓ -94%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $167.89 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $174.20 ↓ -93%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $298.81 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Exchange $579.00 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Charter $855.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $951.00 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|PPO $951.00 ↓ -61%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,881.90 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,439.50 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,521.75 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $3,275.90 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,833.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,833.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,833.50 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,182.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,530.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,530.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,530.50 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,879.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,879.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,879.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,227.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,758.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,924.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,970.00 ↑ +186%

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Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,439.50 $64.64 – $6,970.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $420.16 $128.19 – $128.19
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $128.19 – $128.19
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $128.19 – $128.19
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $389.54 $90.72 – $486.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $440.57 $90.68 – $660.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $400.51 $80.10 – $500.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $389.54 $90.72 – $486.93

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