Decompression of tibia nerve 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

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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.

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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.

$659.94 with Wellpoint vs $10,059.00 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 $659.94
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $659.94
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $659.94
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $659.94
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $659.94
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $673.14
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $673.14
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $673.14
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $692.94
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $758.93
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $884.32
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $884.32
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $904.12
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,016.31
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,289.51
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,408.27
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,528.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,650.58
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,842.00
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,929.00
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,955.93
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,955.93
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,955.93
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,955.93
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,955.93
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,955.93
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,975.49
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,995.05
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,995.05
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2,014.61
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,059.01
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,059.01
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2,092.85
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,092.85
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $2,151.52
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,202.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,493.06
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,640.51
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,738.30
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,933.89
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,933.89
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,933.89
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,933.89
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,936.41
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,957.28
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $3,012.13
United Commercial|Exchange $3,137.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,301.15
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,635.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $4,005.00
United Commercial|Charter $4,631.00
United Commercial|PPO $5,145.00
United Commercial|HMO $5,145.00
NX Health Commercial|PPO $6,356.77
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,089.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $7,089.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,059.00
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital

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Decompression of tibia nerve at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $708.15 – $3,524.67
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $1,929.00 – $1,929.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $646.74 – $2,991.67
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $659.94 – $2,991.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,911.33 $71.00 – $5,132.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,353.97 $71.00 – $5,132.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,911.33 $85.00 – $5,132.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,911.33 $659.94 – $4,783.04

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