Blood typing rbc ag non abo/rh ea 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

$591.85

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.

$1,691.00

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.

$3.22 with Wellpoint vs $1,691.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.22 ↓ -99%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.22 ↓ -99%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.22 ↓ -99%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $3.22 ↓ -99%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.22 ↓ -99%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.28 ↓ -99%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.28 ↓ -99%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $3.28 ↓ -99%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $3.38 ↓ -99%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.70 ↓ -99%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $4.31 ↓ -99%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $4.31 ↓ -99%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $4.41 ↓ -99%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $4.96 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.10 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|PPO $7.10 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $7.10 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Charter $7.10 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $9.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $10.04 ↓ -98%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.05 ↓ -98%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.71 ↓ -98%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $259.42 ↓ -56%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $360.30 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $360.30 ↓ -39%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $360.30 ↓ -39%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $360.30 ↓ -39%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $360.30 ↓ -39%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $360.30 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $363.90 ↓ -39%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $367.51 ↓ -38%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $367.51 ↓ -38%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $371.11 ↓ -37%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $385.52 ↓ -35%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $385.52 ↓ -35%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $396.33 ↓ -33%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $413.78 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $456.57 ↓ -23%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $486.40 ↓ -18%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $487.05 ↓ -18%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $504.42 ↓ -15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $538.48 ↓ -9%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $540.45 ↓ -9%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $540.45 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $540.45 ↓ -9%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $540.45 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $554.86 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $591.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $611.81 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $794.77 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $923.92 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $930.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $930.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $930.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,014.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,099.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,099.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,099.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,149.88 ↑ +94%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,170.97 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,183.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,183.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,183.70 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,241.34 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,268.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,397.11 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,437.35 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,453.89 ↑ +146%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,691.00 ↑ +186%

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Blood typing rbc ag non abo/rh ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $591.85 $3.22 – $1,691.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $484.00 $3.16 – $15.33
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.22 – $15.33
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $214.33 $3.22 – $890.45
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