Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative 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

$57.05

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.

$163.00

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.

$5.90 with Renaissance vs $163.00 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 $5.90 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.89 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.89 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.89 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.89 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.89 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.03 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.03 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $7.03 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.92 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.20 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $8.20 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8.20 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.20 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $8.20 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.20 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $8.28 ↓ -85%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $8.36 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8.36 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $8.45 ↓ -85%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.77 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.77 ↓ -85%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.23 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $9.23 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.44 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $10.61 ↓ -81%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $11.07 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $11.48 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $11.97 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $12.30 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12.30 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $12.30 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12.30 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $12.63 ↓ -78%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13.53 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $13.58 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $13.58 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Charter $13.58 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|PPO $13.58 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $15.58 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $19.84 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.50 ↓ -62%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.50 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $21.89 ↓ -62%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $26.65 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $26.73 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.91 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $35.92 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $42.07 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $44.01 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $57.05 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $58.98 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $76.61 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $89.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $89.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $89.65 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $97.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $105.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $105.95 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $105.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $110.84 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $114.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $114.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $114.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $122.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $134.68 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $138.55 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $163.00 ↑ +186%

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Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $316.51 $6.89 – $33.47
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $57.05 $5.90 – $163.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $272.40 $6.89 – $33.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $74.06 $6.89 – $88.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $113.84 $12.00 – $105.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $83.17 $6.89 – $88.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $74.06 $6.89 – $88.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $113.84 $7.37 – $105.64

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