CT neck soft tissue w/contrast 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

$2,452.80

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.

$7,008.00

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.

$128.38 with Renaissance vs $7,008.00 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.

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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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $128.38 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $175.06 ↓ -93%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $178.31 ↓ -93%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -93%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $178.31 ↓ -93%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $178.31 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $178.56 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $178.56 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $180.09 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $180.34 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $180.34 ↓ -93%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -93%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -93%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $183.81 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $183.95 ↓ -93%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -92%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -92%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $196.14 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $207.39 ↓ -92%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $240.72 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $241.66 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $247.07 ↓ -90%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $249.63 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $266.04 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $267.46 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $267.46 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $274.60 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $277.72 ↓ -89%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $298.72 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $309.77 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $560.64 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $560.64 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $562.66 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $562.66 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $564.88 ↓ -77%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $579.51 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $667.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $705.19 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $751.26 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $792.66 ↓ -68%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $900.00 ↓ -63%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,154.70 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,315.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↓ -43%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,892.16 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $1,942.00 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|PPO $2,156.00 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|HMO $2,156.00 ↓ -12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,452.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,535.50 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $3,293.76 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,854.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,854.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,854.40 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $4,134.72 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,204.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,555.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,555.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,555.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,765.44 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,905.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,905.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,905.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,256.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,790.01 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,956.80 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $7,008.00 ↑ +186%

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CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,452.80 $175.06 – $7,008.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $180.34 – $391.77
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $171.56 – $364.44
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $175.06 – $391.77
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,662.15 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,984.18 $167.39 – $2,480.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,047.72 $236.02 – $3,071.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,598.34 $167.39 – $3,247.92

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