Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$246.75
Cash price 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.
$705.00
Gross charge 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.
$76.69 with Renaissance vs $705.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $76.69 | ↓ -69% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -57% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $106.51 | ↓ -57% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $106.51 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -57% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $107.58 | ↓ -56% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $108.64 | ↓ -56% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $108.64 | ↓ -56% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $109.71 | ↓ -56% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $113.97 | ↓ -54% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $113.97 | ↓ -54% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $117.16 | ↓ -53% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $143.79 | ↓ -42% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $149.11 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $159.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $159.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $159.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $159.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $164.03 | ↓ -34% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $182.06 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $185.98 | ↓ -25% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $190.35 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $192.57 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $245.00 | ↓ -1% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $246.75 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $255.07 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $331.35 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $337.66 | ↑ +37% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $346.16 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $361.00 | ↑ +46% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $387.75 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $387.75 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $387.75 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $395.70 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $398.18 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.00 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $401.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $423.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $438.54 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $444.50 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $458.25 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $458.25 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $458.25 | ↑ +86% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $493.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $493.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $493.50 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $528.75 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $538.06 | ↑ +118% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $582.48 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $599.25 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $705.00 | ↑ +186% |
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Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $246.75 | $158.28 – $705.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $232.14 – $452.21 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $232.14 – $452.21 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $232.14 – $452.21 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $181.18 | $51.33 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $134.48 | $27.68 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $134.48 | $26.90 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $181.18 | $48.31 – $1,117.00 |