Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$2,335.20

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.

$6,672.00

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.

$427.04 with Wellpoint vs $5,857.00 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 $427.04 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $427.04 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $427.04 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $427.04 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $427.04 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $427.04 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $435.59 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $435.59 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $435.59 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $448.40 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $572.24 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $572.24 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $572.24 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $585.05 ↓ -75%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $607.67 ↓ -74%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $843.98 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $843.98 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $843.98 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $843.98 ↓ -64%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $843.98 ↓ -64%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $843.98 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $852.42 ↓ -63%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $860.86 ↓ -63%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $860.86 ↓ -63%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $869.30 ↓ -63%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $903.06 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $903.06 ↓ -61%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $928.38 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $973.32 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,126.66 ↓ -52%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,139.37 ↓ -51%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,181.57 ↓ -49%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,240.20 ↓ -47%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,245.65 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,265.97 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,265.97 ↓ -46%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,265.97 ↓ -46%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,265.97 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,299.73 ↓ -44%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,332.37 ↓ -43%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,332.37 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,413.32 ↓ -39%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,441.26 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,866.65 ↓ -20%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,868.30 ↓ -20%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,931.29 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,116.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,119.98 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,318.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,332.00 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|Optum $2,508.86 ↑ +7%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,742.93 ↑ +17%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,935.90 ↑ +26%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,935.90 ↑ +26%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,935.90 ↑ +26%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,202.80 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|Charter $3,425.00 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,469.70 ↑ +49%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,469.70 ↑ +49%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,469.70 ↑ +49%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,629.84 ↑ +55%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,736.60 ↑ +60%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,736.60 ↑ +60%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,736.60 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|PPO $3,802.00 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $3,802.00 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,003.50 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,056.88 ↑ +74%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,410.26 ↑ +89%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,537.30 ↑ +94%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $5,338.00 ↑ +129%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,857.00 ↑ +151%

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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,335.20 $587.18 – $5,338.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $7,379.79 $2,566.64 – $2,566.64
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,540.23 $719.73 – $3,175.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,062.22 $630.31 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,595.72 $719.14 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,540.23 $677.39 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,062.22 $788.30 – $4,593.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,062.22 $1,582.15 – $4,593.33

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