Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) 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

$145.92

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.

$416.90

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.

$12.49 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $56.74 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $12.49 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.76 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.76 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.76 ↓ -90%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $15.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $18.16 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $18.73 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Charter $19.30 ↓ -87%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $19.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.43 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $20.43 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.43 ↓ -86%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $20.53 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|PPO $21.57 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $21.57 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Optum $26.67 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial|HMO $27.24 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial|PPO $27.24 ↓ -81%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $27.81 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $31.21 ↓ -79%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $31.21 ↓ -79%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $31.21 ↓ -79%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $34.05 ↓ -77%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $34.05 ↓ -77%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $36.89 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36.89 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $36.89 ↓ -75%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $39.72 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $39.72 ↓ -73%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $39.72 ↓ -73%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $39.72 ↓ -73%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $39.72 ↓ -73%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $40.86 ↓ -72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $42.56 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $46.88 ↓ -68%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $48.23 ↓ -67%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $56.74 ↓ -61%

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Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $145.92 $12.49 – $56.74
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.14 – $0.23
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.14 – $0.23
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.14 – $0.23
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $705.89 $0.35 – $0.35
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $129.02 $0.30 – $0.30
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $43.38 $5.46 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $145.92 $12.49 – $56.74

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