Ghs plt ct-manual 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

$39.20

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.

$112.00

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.

$3.10 with Renaissance vs $112.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $3.10 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.62 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $3.62 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.62 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.62 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.62 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.69 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.69 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $3.69 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.16 ↓ -89%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $4.31 ↓ -89%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $4.31 ↓ -89%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.31 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $4.35 ↓ -89%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -89%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -89%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $4.44 ↓ -89%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4.61 ↓ -88%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $4.61 ↓ -88%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $4.85 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $4.85 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $4.96 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $5.57 ↓ -86%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $5.82 ↓ -85%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $6.03 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $6.29 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $6.46 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $6.46 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $6.46 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $6.46 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $6.64 ↓ -83%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7.11 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $7.98 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.98 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|PPO $7.98 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Charter $7.98 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $8.19 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $9.91 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $10.93 ↓ -72%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.29 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.29 ↓ -71%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $14.01 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $14.05 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14.96 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $18.88 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $22.11 ↓ -44%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $30.24 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $39.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $40.53 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $52.64 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $61.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $61.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $61.60 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $66.08 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $67.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $72.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $72.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $72.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $76.16 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $78.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $78.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $78.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $92.54 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $95.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $112.00 ↑ +186%

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Ghs plt ct-manual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $39.20 $3.10 – $112.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $3.62 – $18.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $64.46 $3.62 – $80.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $44.40 $6.32 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $44.40 $3.62 – $55.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $64.46 $3.62 – $80.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $44.40 $3.87 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $44.40 $3.62 – $66.60

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