Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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.

$1,233.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $33,891.29 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 $1,233.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,518.30
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,609.00
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,795.00
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,888.85
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,888.85
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,888.85
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,888.85
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,888.85
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,926.63
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,926.63
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,926.63
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,983.29
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,025.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,025.00
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,172.18
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2,531.06
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,531.06
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,587.72
CHC Medicaid|STAR $2,908.83
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,625.28
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,640.36
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,252.00
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,893.21
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,893.21
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $7,008.88
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $7,508.22
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8,313.98
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8,461.71
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9,280.72
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $10,428.09
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $10,428.09
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $10,428.09
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $10,428.09
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $10,532.37
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $10,636.65
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $10,636.65
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $10,740.93
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11,158.06
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11,164.00
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $11,470.90
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12,302.00
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $14,077.92
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $14,599.33
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $15,642.14
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $15,642.14
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $15,642.14
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $16,059.26
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30,902.00
NX Health Commercial|PPO $33,891.29
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Cigna 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
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,026.81 – $9,909.11
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $1,609.00 – $1,609.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,851.07 – $10,731.66
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,888.85 – $8,410.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,482.93 $1,888.85 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,998.82 $1,234.76 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,478.73 $1,888.85 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,482.93 $1,888.85 – $25,500.18

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