Electrode stimulation brain 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

$819.00

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.

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$2,340.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $3,311.88 with NX Health — 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
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $213.10 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $246.67 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $309.44 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $408.69 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $464.15 ↓ -43%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $631.80 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $733.71 ↓ -10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $819.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $846.62 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $876.00 ↑ +7%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,019.04 ↑ +24%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,019.04 ↑ +24%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,019.04 ↑ +24%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,019.04 ↑ +24%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,019.04 ↑ +24%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,019.04 ↑ +24%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,029.23 ↑ +26%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,039.42 ↑ +27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,039.42 ↑ +27%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,049.61 ↑ +28%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,090.37 ↑ +33%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,090.37 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $1,099.80 ↑ +34%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +37%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,287.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,287.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,287.00 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Charter $1,294.00 ↑ +58%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,375.70 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,404.00 ↑ +71%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,426.66 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|PPO $1,437.00 ↑ +75%
United Commercial|HMO $1,437.00 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,521.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,521.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,521.00 ↑ +86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,528.56 ↑ +87%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,528.56 ↑ +87%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,528.56 ↑ +87%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,528.56 ↑ +87%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,538.54 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,569.32 ↑ +92%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,638.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,638.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,638.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,755.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,933.31 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,989.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,340.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $3,311.88 ↑ +304%

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Electrode stimulation brain at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $819.00 $100.00 – $2,340.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $341.55 – $1,328.24
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $341.55 – $1,328.24
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $341.55 – $1,328.24
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,031.09 $292.14 – $2,590.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,031.09 $212.23 – $2,590.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,082.64 $216.53 – $2,590.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,031.09 $274.96 – $2,590.07

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