Implant eye drug system at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$1,528.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $50,016.59 with NX Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $1,528.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,842.00 | — |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,848.60 | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3-PPO | $1,929.00 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,954.58 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,954.58 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,954.58 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,954.58 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,954.58 | — |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,993.67 | — |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,993.67 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,993.67 | — |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,052.31 | — |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $2,202.00 | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $2,247.77 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,511.00 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,511.00 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,619.14 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $2,619.14 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $2,677.77 | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $3,010.05 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,635.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $4,005.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4,078.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $6,021.00 | — |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $6,098.29 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $6,098.29 | — |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $6,690.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,690.00 | — |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $7,089.00 | — |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $7,089.00 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $9,657.10 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10,059.00 | — |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $11,080.60 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $12,361.08 | — |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $15,389.72 | — |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $15,389.72 | — |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $15,389.72 | — |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $15,389.72 | — |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $15,389.72 | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $15,389.72 | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $15,543.62 | — |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $15,697.51 | — |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $15,697.51 | — |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $15,851.41 | — |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $16,467.00 | — |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $16,467.00 | — |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $16,928.69 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $18,670.39 | — |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $20,776.12 | — |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $21,545.61 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $22,146.94 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,084.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $23,084.58 | — |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $23,084.58 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $23,084.58 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $23,700.17 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $24,722.17 | — |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $27,926.27 | — |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $50,016.59 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Optum | not published by hospital | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
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Implant eye drug system at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $2,097.34 – $26,396.07 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | not published | $1,929.00 – $1,929.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,915.49 – $22,404.47 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,954.58 – $22,404.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,837.83 | $71.00 – $39,099.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $10,009.03 | $71.00 – $39,099.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,837.83 | $85.00 – $39,099.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,837.83 | $1,954.58 – $39,099.89 |