Florbetaben f18 diagnostic 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

$2,454.20

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.

$7,012.00

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.

$918.59 with Renaissance vs $7,012.00 with BCBS-TX — 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 $918.59 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,275.82 ↓ -48%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,275.82 ↓ -48%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,275.82 ↓ -48%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,275.82 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,275.82 ↓ -48%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,275.82 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,288.58 ↓ -47%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,301.34 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,301.34 ↓ -47%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,314.09 ↓ -46%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,365.13 ↓ -44%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,365.13 ↓ -44%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,403.40 ↓ -43%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,722.36 ↓ -30%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,786.15 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,818.93 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,893.24 ↓ -23%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,913.73 ↓ -22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,913.73 ↓ -22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,913.73 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,913.73 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,964.76 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Charter $2,384.08 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,454.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,536.95 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $2,664.56 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $2,664.56 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $3,052.00 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Optum $3,295.64 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,444.00 ↑ +40%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,856.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,856.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,856.60 ↑ +57%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $4,146.41 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,207.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,557.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,557.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,557.80 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,908.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,908.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,908.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,259.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,793.32 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $5,936.00 ↑ +142%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,960.20 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,012.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $7,012.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $7,012.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,012.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7,012.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7,012.00 ↑ +186%

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Florbetaben f18 diagnostic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,454.20 $1,893.24 – $7,012.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,614.71 – $10,908.80
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,614.71 – $10,908.80
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,614.71 – $10,908.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,454.20 $1,818.93 – $7,012.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,454.20 $1,818.93 – $7,012.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,454.20 $1,818.93 – $7,012.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $10,780.00 – $10,780.00

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