Brain flow imaging only 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

$232.75

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.

$665.00

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.

$53.20 with TCHP vs $2,827.00 with United — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.20 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $53.20 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $71.29 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $165.06 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $165.06 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $165.06 ↓ -29%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $168.36 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $168.36 ↓ -28%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $168.36 ↓ -28%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $173.31 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $179.55 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $189.82 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $212.80 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $221.18 ↓ -5%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $226.13 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $232.75 ↑ +0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $232.75 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $234.26 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $240.60 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $242.56 ↑ +4%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $254.19 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $272.65 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $312.55 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $365.75 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $365.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $365.75 ↑ +57%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $388.18 ↑ +67%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $392.35 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $399.00 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $425.32 ↑ +83%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $432.25 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $432.25 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $432.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $452.20 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $465.50 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $465.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $465.50 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $498.42 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $498.75 ↑ +114%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $514.99 ↑ +121%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $514.99 ↑ +121%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $539.14 ↑ +132%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $539.14 ↑ +132%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $539.14 ↑ +132%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↑ +132%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↑ +132%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↑ +132%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $544.53 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $549.43 ↑ +136%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↑ +136%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↑ +136%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↑ +139%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $559.89 ↑ +141%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $565.25 ↑ +143%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↑ +148%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↑ +148%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $593.05 ↑ +155%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $665.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $727.84 ↑ +213%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $754.80 ↑ +224%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $808.71 ↑ +247%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↑ +247%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $808.71 ↑ +247%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↑ +247%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↑ +252%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $830.28 ↑ +257%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +640%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,752.20 ↑ +653%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +993%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +1115%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +1115%

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Brain flow imaging only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $232.75 $73.15 – $665.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,966.50 $165.06 – $905.25
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $171.41 – $905.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $907.45 $186.78 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $952.82 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $907.45 $171.25 – $1,361.17

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →