Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$560.00

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.

$1,600.00

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.

$17.27 with BCBS-TX vs $1,600.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $17.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $31.36 ↓ -94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $36.75 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $41.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -82%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $432.00 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $560.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $578.88 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $717.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $752.00 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $880.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $880.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $880.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $960.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,040.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,040.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,040.00 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Charter $1,059.00 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,120.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,120.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,120.00 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|PPO $1,176.00 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|HMO $1,176.00 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,200.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,321.92 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,360.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,600.00 ↑ +186%

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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,216.72 $21.56 – $21.56
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $560.00 $14.70 – $1,600.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $21.56 – $21.56
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $21.56 – $21.56
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $759.16 $47.16 – $47.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $564.48 $24.50 – $799.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $564.48 $41.16 – $846.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $564.48 $41.16 – $705.60

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