Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance 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

$210.70

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.

$602.00

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.

$112.34 with TCHP 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $112.34 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $112.34 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.34 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $112.34 ↓ -47%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.34 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $114.59 ↓ -46%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $114.59 ↓ -46%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $114.59 ↓ -46%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $117.96 ↓ -44%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $129.19 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -34%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $150.54 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $150.54 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $153.91 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $162.54 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $173.00 ↓ -18%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $210.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $217.81 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $272.69 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $282.94 ↑ +34%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $287.78 ↑ +37%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $331.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $331.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $331.10 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $349.05 ↑ +66%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $350.50 ↑ +66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $350.50 ↑ +66%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $361.20 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $361.20 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $391.30 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $391.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $391.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $391.30 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $391.30 ↑ +86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +90%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $399.69 ↑ +90%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $399.69 ↑ +90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $399.69 ↑ +90%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +90%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $403.69 ↑ +92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $407.68 ↑ +93%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $407.68 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $409.36 ↑ +94%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $411.68 ↑ +95%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $421.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $421.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $421.40 ↑ +100%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $427.67 ↑ +103%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $427.67 ↑ +103%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $439.66 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $451.50 ↑ +114%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $453.87 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $457.52 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $497.38 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $511.70 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $527.21 ↑ +150%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $539.58 ↑ +156%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $559.57 ↑ +166%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $599.53 ↑ +185%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $599.53 ↑ +185%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $599.53 ↑ +185%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $599.53 ↑ +185%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $602.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $615.52 ↑ +192%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $625.37 ↑ +197%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $698.09 ↑ +231%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +411%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +516%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,298.99 ↑ +517%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +546%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +695%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +1053%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +1053%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +1074%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +1205%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +1205%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $695.16 $120.54 – $745.36
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $210.70 $162.54 – $602.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $110.09 – $632.65
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $112.34 – $632.65
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $423.76 $111.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.24 $80.32 – $987.04
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