Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$58,300.55

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.

$166,573.00

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.

$12,609.67 with Renaissance vs $79,411.06 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $12,609.67 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $17,470.44 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $17,513.43 ↓ -70%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17,513.43 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17,513.43 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $17,513.43 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $17,513.43 ↓ -70%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $17,513.43 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $17,688.56 ↓ -70%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17,863.70 ↓ -69%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $17,863.70 ↓ -69%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $18,038.83 ↓ -69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18,739.37 ↓ -68%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $18,739.37 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Exchange $19,058.66 ↓ -67%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $19,264.77 ↓ -67%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $19,852.77 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $19,852.77 ↓ -66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $20,646.88 ↓ -65%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $21,440.99 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $22,235.10 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Charter $22,235.10 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $23,029.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,029.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,029.21 ↓ -60%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $23,643.13 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23,823.32 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $23,823.32 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $23,823.32 ↓ -59%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $24,518.80 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $24,617.43 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|PPO $24,617.43 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $24,617.43 ↓ -58%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $26,270.15 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26,270.15 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $26,270.15 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $26,270.15 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $26,970.68 ↓ -54%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $27,793.88 ↓ -52%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $28,730.93 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $29,382.10 ↓ -50%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $32,558.54 ↓ -44%
Humana Commercial|HMO $33,352.65 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial|PPO $33,352.65 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Optum $37,323.20 ↓ -36%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $43,676.09 ↓ -25%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $43,676.09 ↓ -25%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $43,676.09 ↓ -25%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $47,646.64 ↓ -18%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $47,646.64 ↓ -18%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $47,646.64 ↓ -18%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $51,617.19 ↓ -11%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $51,617.19 ↓ -11%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $51,617.19 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $51,617.19 ↓ -11%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $51,617.19 ↓ -11%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $55,587.75 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $55,587.75 ↓ -5%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $56,918.65 ↓ -2%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $57,175.97 ↓ -2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $59,558.30 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $65,609.42 ↑ +13%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $67,499.41 ↑ +16%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $79,411.06 ↑ +36%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $58,300.55 $16,676.33 – $79,411.06
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $73,177.56 $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $35,900.28 $66,998.95 – $66,998.95
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $26,400.91 $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06

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