Csf leakage imaging 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

$564.55

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.

$1,613.00

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.

$129.04 with TCHP vs $4,249.67 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.

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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 $129.04 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $129.04 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $172.92 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $252.60 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $252.60 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $252.60 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $257.65 ↓ -54%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $257.65 ↓ -54%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $257.65 ↓ -54%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $265.23 ↓ -53%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $290.49 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $338.48 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $346.06 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $364.34 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $377.26 ↓ -33%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $389.00 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $435.51 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $516.16 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $564.55 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $564.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $583.59 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $661.33 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $661.50 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $758.11 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $775.20 ↑ +37%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $788.11 ↑ +40%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $788.11 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $870.81 ↑ +54%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $887.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $887.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $887.15 ↑ +57%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $941.46 ↑ +67%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $951.67 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $967.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,048.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,048.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,048.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,096.84 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,129.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,129.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,129.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,209.75 ↑ +114%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,307.59 ↑ +132%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,307.59 ↑ +132%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,307.59 ↑ +132%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↑ +132%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↑ +132%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↑ +132%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,320.67 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,332.67 ↑ +136%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,333.74 ↑ +136%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,333.74 ↑ +136%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,346.82 ↑ +139%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,371.05 ↑ +143%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,399.12 ↑ +148%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,399.12 ↑ +148%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,438.35 ↑ +155%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,613.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +205%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,765.25 ↑ +213%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,830.63 ↑ +224%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,961.38 ↑ +247%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,961.38 ↑ +247%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,961.38 ↑ +247%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,961.38 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,013.69 ↑ +257%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,185.34 ↑ +287%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +351%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +401%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +401%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $4,249.67 ↑ +653%

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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $564.55 $177.43 – $1,613.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $272.99 – $1,418.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $247.55 – $1,418.83
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $252.60 – $1,418.83
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