Dronabinol 2.5mg oral 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

$1.50

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.

$4.26

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.

$0.66 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $2.96 with BCBS-TX — 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $0.66 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.77 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Exchange $0.77 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.77 ↓ -49%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $0.80 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $0.95 ↓ -37%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $0.98 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Charter $1.01 ↓ -33%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1.04 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1.07 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1.07 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1.07 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1.08 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|PPO $1.13 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|HMO $1.13 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Optum $1.40 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1.43 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1.43 ↓ -5%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1.46 ↓ -3%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1.63 ↑ +9%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1.63 ↑ +9%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1.63 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1.77 ↑ +18%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1.78 ↑ +19%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1.78 ↑ +19%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1.93 ↑ +29%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1.93 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1.93 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1.99 ↑ +33%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2.08 ↑ +39%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2.08 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2.08 ↑ +39%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2.08 ↑ +39%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $2.08 ↑ +39%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $2.14 ↑ +43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2.22 ↑ +48%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2.45 ↑ +63%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2.52 ↑ +68%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2.96 ↑ +97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2.96 ↑ +97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2.96 ↑ +97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2.96 ↑ +97%

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Dronabinol 2.5mg oral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1.50 $0.66 – $2.96
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.48 – $18.70
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1.35 – $18.70
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $77.11 $1.48 – $18.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1.97 $0.83 – $6.15
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1.50 $0.66 – $2.96
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1.50 $0.66 – $2.96
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1.50 $0.66 – $2.96

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