Fibrinogen activity 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

$172.20

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.

$492.00

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.

$7.00 with Renaissance vs $492.00 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 $7.00 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.16 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $8.16 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.16 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.16 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.16 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.32 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.32 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.32 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $8.57 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.38 ↓ -95%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $9.72 ↓ -94%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -94%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $9.72 ↓ -94%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $9.72 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $9.82 ↓ -94%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $9.91 ↓ -94%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $9.91 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $10.01 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.40 ↓ -94%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $10.40 ↓ -94%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $10.69 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $10.93 ↓ -94%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $10.93 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $11.18 ↓ -94%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $12.57 ↓ -93%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $13.12 ↓ -92%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $13.61 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $14.19 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $14.58 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $14.58 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.58 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.58 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $14.97 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $15.74 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Exchange $15.74 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $15.74 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Charter $15.74 ↓ -91%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $18.47 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $23.13 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.46 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.46 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $25.52 ↓ -85%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $31.59 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $31.69 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.90 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $42.57 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $49.86 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $132.84 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $172.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $178.01 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $231.24 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $270.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $270.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $270.60 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $290.28 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $295.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $319.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $319.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $319.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $334.56 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $344.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $344.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $344.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $369.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $406.50 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $418.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $492.00 ↑ +186%

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Fibrinogen activity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $172.20 $7.00 – $492.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $540.00 $8.00 – $40.44
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $8.16 – $40.44
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $8.16 – $40.44
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $187.83 $8.75 – $37.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $147.36 $8.16 – $57.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.03 $9.53 – $69.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $126.22 $8.16 – $57.87

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