Estrogens total-sendout 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

$155.75

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.

$445.00

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.

$15.62 with Renaissance vs $445.00 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.

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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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $15.62 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.23 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $18.23 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.23 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.23 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.23 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.59 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.59 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $18.59 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $19.14 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.96 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $21.70 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $21.70 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $21.70 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $21.70 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $21.70 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $21.70 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $21.92 ↓ -86%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $22.13 ↓ -86%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $22.13 ↓ -86%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $22.35 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $23.22 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $23.22 ↓ -85%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $24.43 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $24.43 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $24.98 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $28.07 ↓ -82%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $29.30 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $30.38 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $31.68 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $32.55 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $32.55 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $32.55 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $32.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $33.42 ↓ -79%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $35.80 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $40.17 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $40.17 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Charter $40.17 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|PPO $40.17 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $41.23 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $52.04 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $56.88 ↓ -63%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $56.88 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $57.42 ↓ -63%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $70.53 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $70.74 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $78.52 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $95.05 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $111.32 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $120.15 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $155.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $161.01 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $209.15 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $244.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $244.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $244.75 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $267.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $289.25 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $289.25 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $289.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $302.60 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $311.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $311.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $311.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $333.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $367.66 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $378.25 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $445.00 ↑ +186%

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Estrogens total-sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $155.75 $15.62 – $445.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $18.23 – $89.20
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $161.24 $10.00 – $201.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $112.76 $12.00 – $169.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $112.76 $12.00 – $140.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $161.24 $10.00 – $201.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $112.76 $12.00 – $169.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $112.76 $8.00 – $169.15

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