Evaluation heart device at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$1,897.35
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.
$5,421.00
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.
$100.00 with Cigna vs $14,390.00 with United — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $273.60 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $316.71 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $397.29 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $524.72 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $595.93 | ↓ -69% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,463.67 | ↓ -23% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1,897.35 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1,961.32 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $2,403.00 | ↑ +27% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $2,547.87 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,900.00 | ↑ +53% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $2,981.55 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,981.55 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,981.55 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $3,252.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $3,523.65 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,523.65 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $3,523.65 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,686.28 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $3,794.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $3,794.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $3,794.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $4,000.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $4,000.00 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,065.75 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $4,119.96 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,478.84 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $4,607.85 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $5,421.00 | ↑ +186% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,466.00 | ↑ +241% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $8,773.00 | ↑ +362% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $12,952.00 | ↑ +583% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,390.00 | ↑ +658% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $14,390.00 | ↑ +658% |
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Evaluation heart device at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $9,769.71 | $438.52 – $438.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,897.35 | $100.00 – $5,421.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $4,825.00 | $438.52 – $438.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $11,246.06 | $438.52 – $438.52 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,469.10 | $575.32 – $4,914.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,221.39 | $565.95 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,368.17 | $473.63 – $2,960.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,469.10 | $438.52 – $4,914.56 |