Closed tx orbit w/manipulj 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

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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.

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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.

$548.63 with Wellpoint vs $9,029.00 with Cigna — 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|All Other Plans $548.63
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $548.63
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $548.63
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $548.63
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $548.63
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $559.60
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $559.60
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $559.60
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $576.06
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $630.92
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $735.16
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $735.16
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $751.62
CHC Medicaid|STAR $844.89
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,012.01
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,068.25
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,295.37
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,483.68
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,483.68
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,483.68
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,483.68
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,483.68
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,483.68
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,498.52
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,513.35
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,513.35
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,528.19
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,587.54
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,587.54
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,609.00
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,632.05
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,711.73
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,711.73
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,795.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,956.54
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,002.97
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,077.15
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,225.52
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,225.52
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,225.52
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,225.52
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,262.17
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,284.87
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,320.86
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,590.73
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00
NX Health Commercial|PPO $4,821.96
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,252.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital

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Closed tx orbit w/manipulj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $588.70 – $2,766.15
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $1,609.00 – $1,609.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $537.66 – $2,347.85
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $548.63 – $2,347.85
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,955.10 $763.11 – $11,141.85
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,955.10 $775.99 – $10,027.66
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $1,850.94 $1,511.89 – $2,300.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $8,243.52 $1,424.90 – $3,117.31

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