Ghs init tx 1st degree burn 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

$83.30

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.

$238.00

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.

$19.04 with Wellpoint 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.04 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.04 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $19.04 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $19.04 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.04 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $19.04 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.43 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $19.43 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $19.43 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $20.00 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $25.52 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $25.52 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $25.52 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $26.09 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $59.41 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $59.41 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $64.26 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $83.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $86.11 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $111.86 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $130.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $130.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $130.90 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $131.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $142.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $142.80 ↑ +71%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $143.29 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $154.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $154.70 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $154.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $154.70 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $154.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $161.84 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $166.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $166.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $166.60 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $167.74 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $178.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $180.88 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $196.64 ↑ +136%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +139%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $199.02 ↑ +139%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $199.02 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $199.02 ↑ +139%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +139%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $201.01 ↑ +141%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $202.30 ↑ +143%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↑ +144%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↑ +144%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $204.99 ↑ +146%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +156%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +156%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $218.92 ↑ +163%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $238.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $253.36 ↑ +204%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $268.68 ↑ +223%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $278.63 ↑ +234%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +258%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $298.53 ↑ +258%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +258%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $298.53 ↑ +258%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $300.30 ↑ +261%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $300.54 ↑ +261%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $306.49 ↑ +268%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $335.48 ↑ +303%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +365%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $646.82 ↑ +676%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1912%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +2787%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +2817%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +2817%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +2870%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +3200%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +3200%

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Ghs init tx 1st degree burn at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $83.30 $26.18 – $238.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $358.20 – $358.20
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $202.56 – $304.03
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $304.03 – $304.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $331.04 $93.79 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $354.83 $71.00 – $532.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $276.70 $55.34 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $331.04 $88.28 – $495.95

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