Arthrodesis pantalar 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

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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.

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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.

$1,528.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $59,864.48 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,528.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,842.00
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,929.00
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,202.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,635.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $4,005.00
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,089.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $7,089.00
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $9,894.93
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $9,894.93
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $9,894.93
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $9,894.93
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $9,894.93
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,059.00
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $10,092.83
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10,092.83
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $10,092.83
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $10,389.68
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $11,379.17
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $11,959.56
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $13,259.21
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $13,259.21
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $13,262.28
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $13,556.05
CHC Medicaid|STAR $15,238.19
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $15,308.24
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $18,419.84
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $18,419.84
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $18,419.84
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $18,419.84
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $18,419.84
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $18,419.84
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $18,604.04
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $18,788.24
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $18,788.24
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $18,972.44
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $19,709.23
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19,709.23
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $20,261.82
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $23,121.82
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $24,866.78
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $25,787.78
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27,039.42
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $27,427.26
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $27,629.76
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $27,629.76
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $27,629.76
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $27,629.76
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $28,366.55
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $30,616.47
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $30,872.18
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $30,872.18
NX Health Commercial|PPO $59,864.48
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital

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Arthrodesis pantalar at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $10,617.66 – $32,689.46
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $1,929.00 – $1,929.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $9,697.03 – $27,746.18
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $9,894.93 – $27,746.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $11,820.49 $71.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $16,139.55 $71.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $11,820.49 $85.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $11,820.49 $3,410.00 – $46,166.33

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