CT thorax low dose for lung screening without 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

$127.05

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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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$363.00

Gross charge

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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.

$29.04 with TCHP vs $2,156.00 with United — 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

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|STARKIDS $29.04 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.04 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $38.92 ↓ -69%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $76.69 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $98.01 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $104.75 ↓ -18%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -16%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -16%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -16%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -16%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -16%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -16%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $106.84 ↓ -16%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.84 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $106.88 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.88 ↓ -16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -15%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -14%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.02 ↓ -14%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -14%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $109.99 ↓ -13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -10%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -10%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $117.16 ↓ -8%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $122.91 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $127.05 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $131.34 ↑ +3%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $143.22 ↑ +13%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $145.84 ↑ +15%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $146.43 ↑ +15%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $151.01 ↑ +19%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↑ +26%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↑ +26%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↑ +26%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↑ +29%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $164.60 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $170.61 ↑ +34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $199.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $199.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $199.65 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $214.17 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $217.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $235.95 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $235.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $235.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $246.84 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $254.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $254.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $254.10 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $264.78 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $272.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $299.92 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $308.55 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $310.29 ↑ +144%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↑ +162%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↑ +162%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↑ +172%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $348.56 ↑ +174%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $363.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↑ +299%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↑ +340%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↑ +364%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $667.00 ↑ +425%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↑ +530%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↑ +530%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $900.00 ↑ +608%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,154.70 ↑ +809%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,315.00 ↑ +935%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↑ +1006%
United Commercial|Charter $1,942.00 ↑ +1429%
United Commercial|PPO $2,156.00 ↑ +1597%
United Commercial|HMO $2,156.00 ↑ +1597%

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $127.05 $39.93 – $1,154.70
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $106.88 – $182.04
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $102.66 – $182.04
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $104.75 – $182.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,731.74 $398.21 – $398.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.33 $49.47 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00

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