Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$288.40
Cash price 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.
$824.00
Gross charge 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.
$99.04 with Cigna vs $824.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $99.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $109.29 | ↓ -62% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $123.58 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $149.40 | ↓ -48% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $171.64 | ↓ -40% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $171.64 | ↓ -40% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $171.64 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $171.64 | ↓ -40% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $171.64 | ↓ -40% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $171.64 | ↓ -40% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $173.36 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $175.07 | ↓ -39% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $175.07 | ↓ -39% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $176.79 | ↓ -39% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $183.65 | ↓ -36% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $183.65 | ↓ -36% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $188.80 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $193.77 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $193.77 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $193.77 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $193.77 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $209.51 | ↓ -27% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $222.48 | ↓ -23% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $231.71 | ↓ -20% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $240.30 | ↓ -17% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $249.41 | ↓ -14% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $257.46 | ↓ -11% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $257.46 | ↓ -11% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $257.46 | ↓ -11% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $257.46 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $264.33 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $272.65 | ↓ -5% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $288.40 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $298.13 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $387.28 | ↑ +34% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $453.20 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $453.20 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $453.20 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $467.81 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $486.16 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $494.40 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $535.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $535.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $535.60 | ↑ +86% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $557.83 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $560.32 | ↑ +94% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $576.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $576.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $576.80 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $618.00 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $628.53 | ↑ +118% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $680.79 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $700.40 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $736.16 | ↑ +155% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $824.00 | ↑ +186% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $288.40 | $88.10 – $824.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $1,081.00 | $149.16 – $335.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $149.16 – $335.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $149.16 – $335.64 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $297.87 | $35.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $282.52 | $36.00 – $423.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $210.80 | $36.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $297.87 | $35.00 – $423.12 |