External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$647.15

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.

$1,849.00

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.

$103.50 with Renaissance vs $1,849.00 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 $103.50 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $120.75 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $120.75 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $120.75 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $120.75 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $120.75 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $123.17 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $123.17 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $123.17 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $126.79 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.86 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $143.75 ↓ -78%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $143.75 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $143.75 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $145.19 ↓ -78%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $146.63 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $146.63 ↓ -77%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $148.06 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $153.81 ↓ -76%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $153.81 ↓ -76%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $158.13 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $161.81 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $161.81 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $165.43 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $185.96 ↓ -71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $194.06 ↓ -70%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $201.25 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $209.88 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $215.63 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $215.63 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $215.63 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $215.63 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $221.38 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $233.90 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $233.90 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|PPO $233.90 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Charter $233.90 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $237.19 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $273.13 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $342.85 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $376.74 ↓ -42%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $376.74 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $378.32 ↓ -42%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $467.19 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $468.63 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $499.23 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $517.23 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $629.63 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $647.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $668.97 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $737.44 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Optum $869.03 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,016.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,016.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,016.95 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,090.91 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,109.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,201.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,201.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,201.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,257.32 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,294.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,294.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,294.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,386.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,527.65 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,571.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,849.00 ↑ +186%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $647.15 $103.50 – $1,849.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $120.75 – $591.04
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $118.33 – $591.04
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $120.75 – $591.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,465.10 $35.00 – $350.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,465.10 $36.00 – $420.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,465.10 $36.00 – $350.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,465.10 $35.00 – $350.39

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