Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$4,982.25
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.
$14,235.00
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.
$120.63 with Wellpoint vs $17,596.99 with NX Health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $120.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $120.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $120.95 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $123.04 | ↓ -98% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $123.37 | ↓ -98% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $123.37 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.00 | ↓ -97% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $138.72 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $140.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $161.64 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $165.26 | ↓ -97% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $185.77 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $209.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $214.75 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $236.51 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $290.22 | ↓ -94% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $376.37 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $376.37 | ↓ -92% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,138.80 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,138.80 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,526.00 | ↓ -69% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $3,843.45 | ↓ -23% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $3,898.41 | ↓ -22% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $4,982.25 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $5,150.23 | ↑ +3% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $5,414.46 | ↑ +9% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $5,414.46 | ↑ +9% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $5,414.46 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $5,414.46 | ↑ +9% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $5,414.46 | ↑ +9% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $5,414.46 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $5,468.60 | ↑ +10% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $5,522.75 | ↑ +11% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $5,522.75 | ↑ +11% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $5,576.89 | ↑ +12% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $5,793.47 | ↑ +16% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $5,793.47 | ↑ +16% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $5,955.91 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $6,480.63 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $6,690.45 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $6,710.44 | ↑ +35% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $7,309.52 | ↑ +47% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $7,580.24 | ↑ +52% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $7,829.25 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $7,829.25 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $7,829.25 | ↑ +57% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,974.68 | ↑ +60% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $8,121.69 | ↑ +63% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,121.69 | ↑ +63% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $8,121.69 | ↑ +63% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,121.69 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $8,338.27 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $8,398.65 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $8,541.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $9,252.75 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,252.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $9,252.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,679.80 | ↑ +94% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $9,964.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $9,964.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $9,964.50 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,676.25 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $11,760.96 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $11,766.25 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $12,099.75 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $13,788.57 | ↑ +177% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $14,235.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $14,235.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $17,596.99 | ↑ +253% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $4,982.25 | $120.63 – $14,235.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $5,642.33 | $120.63 – $8,089.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $120.63 – $8,089.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $118.53 – $8,089.29 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,167.26 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,994.35 | $1,028.00 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,728.24 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,167.26 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |