Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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

$492.45

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.

$1,407.00

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.

$76.69 with Renaissance vs $1,407.00 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 $76.69 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $96.54 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $99.97 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $104.75 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -78%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.84 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $106.84 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.88 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $106.88 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -78%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.02 ↓ -78%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $109.99 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $112.56 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.56 ↓ -77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -77%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $117.16 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $122.91 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $143.22 ↓ -71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $146.43 ↓ -70%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $150.84 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -68%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -67%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $164.60 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $175.28 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $203.17 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $205.41 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $223.77 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $230.74 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $274.55 ↓ -44%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.47 ↓ -32%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $379.89 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $492.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $509.06 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Optum $661.29 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $773.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $773.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $773.85 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $830.13 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $844.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $914.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $914.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $914.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $956.76 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $984.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $984.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $984.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,055.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,162.47 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,195.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,407.00 ↑ +186%

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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $492.45 $82.16 – $1,407.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $106.88 – $383.88
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $104.75 – $383.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $541.74 $111.51 – $812.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $541.74 $99.77 – $812.61

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