Ghs corneal fb with slit lamp bilat 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

$512.40

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.

$1,464.00

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.

$81.77 with BCBS-TX vs $2,749.00 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.

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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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $81.77 ↓ -84%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $92.96 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $104.67 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $117.12 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $117.12 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $117.12 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $117.12 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $117.12 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $117.12 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $119.47 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $119.47 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $119.47 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $122.98 ↓ -76%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.11 ↓ -75%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $129.11 ↓ -75%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $129.11 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.40 ↓ -75%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↓ -74%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↓ -74%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -73%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $142.02 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $156.95 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $156.95 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $156.95 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $158.09 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $160.46 ↓ -69%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $174.30 ↓ -66%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $180.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $187.53 ↓ -63%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↓ -63%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $193.67 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.83 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $209.34 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $365.42 ↓ -29%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $365.42 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $395.28 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $419.61 ↓ -18%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $512.40 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $529.68 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $688.08 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $805.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $805.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $805.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $878.40 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $878.40 ↑ +71%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $951.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $951.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $951.60 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $951.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $951.60 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $995.52 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,024.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,024.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,024.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,098.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,112.64 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,209.56 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,244.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,464.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +227%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +369%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +374%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +374%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +383%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +436%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +436%

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Ghs corneal fb with slit lamp bilat at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $512.40 $161.04 – $1,464.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $223.51 – $223.51
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $134.32 – $189.71
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $189.71 – $189.71
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $937.25 $136.29 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $362.21 $102.63 – $452.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $287.87 $59.25 – $431.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $282.50 $56.50 – $353.12

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