Hemodialysis one evaluation 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

$1,450.40

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.

$4,144.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $4,144.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -93%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $504.61 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $700.85 ↓ -52%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $700.85 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $700.85 ↓ -52%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $700.85 ↓ -52%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $700.85 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $700.85 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $707.86 ↓ -51%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $714.87 ↓ -51%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $714.87 ↓ -51%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $721.88 ↓ -50%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $749.91 ↓ -48%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $749.91 ↓ -48%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $770.93 ↓ -47%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $946.15 ↓ -35%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $981.19 ↓ -32%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,051.28 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,051.28 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,051.28 ↓ -28%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,051.28 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,079.31 ↓ -26%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,095.29 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,118.88 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,450.40 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,499.30 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $1,947.68 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,277.76 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,279.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,279.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,279.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,486.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,693.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,693.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,693.60 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,900.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,900.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,900.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,108.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,423.78 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,522.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,144.00 ↑ +186%

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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,707.09 $705.18 – $705.18
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,450.40 $100.00 – $4,144.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $4,226.44 $705.18 – $705.18
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $705.18 – $705.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,147.82 $608.55 – $2,684.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,671.91 $344.14 – $2,507.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,364.27 $272.85 – $1,731.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,147.82 $572.75 – $2,684.78

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