Antibody screen rbc 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

$127.75

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.

$365.00

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.

$14.66 with United vs $365.00 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
United Commercial|Charter $14.66 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|PPO $14.66 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.66 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $14.66 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $23.13 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $25.52 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.90 ↓ -73%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $38.53 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $53.52 ↓ -58%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -58%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -58%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $53.52 ↓ -58%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $53.52 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $54.06 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↓ -57%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↓ -57%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↓ -57%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -55%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -55%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $58.87 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $72.23 ↓ -43%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $72.25 ↓ -43%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $74.93 ↓ -41%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $80.28 ↓ -37%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↓ -37%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $80.28 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $82.42 ↓ -35%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $83.09 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $93.99 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $98.55 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $127.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $132.06 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $161.27 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Optum $171.55 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $173.94 ↑ +36%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $200.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $200.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $200.75 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $216.68 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $219.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $237.25 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $237.25 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $237.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $248.20 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $253.78 ↑ +99%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $255.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $255.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $255.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $273.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $301.57 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $310.25 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $365.00 ↑ +186%

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Antibody screen rbc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $127.75 $14.66 – $365.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $584.00 $9.57 – $40.44
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.57 – $40.44
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $9.57 – $40.44
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $161.24 $8.79 – $190.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $166.55 $1.06 – $134.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $158.04 $0.77 – $134.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $158.04 $0.75 – $134.24

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