Ghs nerve block brachial plexus 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

$428.40

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.

$1,224.00

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.

$238.14 with OPTUM vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $238.14 ↓ -44%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $308.70 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $319.11 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $340.77 ↓ -20%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $340.77 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $340.77 ↓ -20%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $340.77 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $340.77 ↓ -20%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $347.59 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $347.59 ↓ -19%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $347.59 ↓ -19%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $357.81 ↓ -16%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $391.89 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Optum $414.54 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $456.63 ↑ +7%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $456.63 ↑ +7%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $466.85 ↑ +9%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $485.10 ↑ +13%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $485.10 ↑ +13%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $485.10 ↑ +13%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $524.79 ↑ +23%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $529.20 ↑ +24%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $573.30 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $573.30 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $573.30 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $599.76 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $609.04 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $617.40 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $617.40 ↑ +44%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $617.40 ↑ +44%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $642.05 ↑ +50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $661.50 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $670.32 ↑ +56%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $728.71 ↑ +70%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $749.70 ↑ +75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $779.57 ↑ +82%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +88%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $882.00 ↑ +106%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $891.73 ↑ +108%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $891.73 ↑ +108%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $891.73 ↑ +108%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $891.73 ↑ +108%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $891.73 ↑ +108%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $891.73 ↑ +108%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $900.65 ↑ +110%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $909.56 ↑ +112%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $909.56 ↑ +112%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $918.48 ↑ +114%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +120%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $954.15 ↑ +123%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $954.15 ↑ +123%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $958.00 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +127%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $980.90 ↑ +129%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,063.20 ↑ +148%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,063.20 ↑ +148%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,177.47 ↑ +175%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,203.84 ↑ +181%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,248.42 ↑ +191%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,337.60 ↑ +212%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,337.60 ↑ +212%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,337.60 ↑ +212%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,337.60 ↑ +212%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,345.00 ↑ +214%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,345.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,373.26 ↑ +221%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,376.63 ↑ +221%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,396.73 ↑ +226%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,559.14 ↑ +264%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↑ +291%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +291%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +335%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +379%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +477%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +542%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +542%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,898.12 ↑ +576%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,487.00 ↑ +947%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $4,487.00 ↑ +947%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +1104%

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Ghs nerve block brachial plexus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $428.40 $238.14 – $882.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $365.66 – $1,664.70
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $333.95 – $1,412.97
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $340.77 – $1,412.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,789.51 $340.77 – $2,257.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,412.07 $71.00 – $3,618.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,421.27 $71.00 – $3,026.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,789.51 $340.77 – $2,257.97

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