Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$1,506.40

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.

$4,304.00

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.

$212.18 with Wellpoint vs $4,304.00 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|CHIP $212.18 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $212.18 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $212.18 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $216.42 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $216.42 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $216.42 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $222.79 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $244.01 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $284.32 ↓ -81%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $289.79 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $290.69 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $292.18 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $302.54 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $326.76 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $344.32 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $344.32 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $402.48 ↓ -73%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -73%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -73%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $402.48 ↓ -73%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↓ -73%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↓ -73%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -73%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -73%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -72%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -71%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -71%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $442.73 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $461.39 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $530.48 ↓ -65%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $543.35 ↓ -64%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $563.47 ↓ -63%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $603.72 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $621.66 ↓ -59%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $662.00 ↓ -56%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $662.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $698.33 ↓ -54%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,162.08 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,308.06 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,377.28 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,506.40 ↑ +0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,506.40 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,557.19 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,764.64 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $2,022.88 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,367.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,367.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,367.20 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,539.36 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,582.40 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,797.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,797.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,797.60 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,926.72 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,012.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,012.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,012.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,228.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,555.97 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,658.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,304.00 ↑ +186%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $6,338.63 $225.88 – $1,112.41
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,506.40 $212.18 – $4,304.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $207.94 – $1,112.41
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $212.18 – $1,112.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $911.58 $187.63 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $868.17 $203.15 – $1,085.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58

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