Electrocorticography durng sx 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

$1,032.85

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,951.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $2,951.00 with BCBS-TX — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -90%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $796.77 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $876.00 ↓ -15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,032.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,067.68 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $1,294.00 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Optum $1,386.97 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $1,437.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|HMO $1,437.00 ↑ +39%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,623.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,623.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,623.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,770.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,918.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,918.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,918.15 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,065.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,065.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,065.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,213.25 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,313.57 ↑ +124%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,438.12 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,508.35 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,678.04 ↑ +159%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,951.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,951.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,951.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,951.00 ↑ +186%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Electrocorticography durng sx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,032.85 $100.00 – $2,951.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,708.06 – $14,678.96
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3,708.06 – $14,678.96
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $3,708.06 – $14,678.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,660.52 $333.12 – $4,864.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,660.52 $341.79 – $2,490.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,660.52 $332.10 – $4,785.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,660.52 $313.52 – $3,708.06

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →