Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$3,768.80

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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$10,768.00

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.

$807.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $10,768.00 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $815.20 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $815.20 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $815.20 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $831.50 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $831.50 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $831.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $855.96 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $937.48 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,092.37 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,092.37 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,116.82 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,255.41 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,739.17 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↓ -45%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,064.02 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,226.13 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -36%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,543.42 ↓ -33%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,543.42 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $2,866.69 ↓ -24%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↓ -24%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↓ -24%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,866.69 ↓ -24%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2,866.69 ↓ -24%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,895.36 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,907.36 ↓ -23%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,924.02 ↓ -22%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $2,924.02 ↓ -22%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2,952.69 ↓ -22%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↓ -19%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↓ -19%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,153.36 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,362.39 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↓ -10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,768.80 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +0%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $3,870.03 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,895.87 ↑ +3%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,965.11 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,988.49 ↑ +6%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,013.37 ↑ +6%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,300.03 ↑ +14%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,300.03 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,300.03 ↑ +14%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,300.03 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,414.70 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,452.27 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Optum $5,060.96 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +37%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,922.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,922.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,922.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6,460.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,999.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $6,999.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,999.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,322.24 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $7,537.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $7,537.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $7,537.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,076.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,896.53 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $9,152.80 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $9,316.74 ↑ +147%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $10,768.00 ↑ +186%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,768.80 $2,907.36 – $10,768.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $874.74 – $4,753.72
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $798.90 – $4,034.87
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $815.20 – $4,034.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,615.15 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,048.27 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,201.83 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,615.15 $815.20 – $7,039.11

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