Implant neurostim arrays 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

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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.

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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.

$1,233.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $99,199.62 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.

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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 $1,233.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,518.30
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,609.00
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,795.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,025.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,025.00
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,252.00
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00
United Commercial|Exchange $9,445.00
United Commercial|Charter $13,944.00
United Commercial|HMO $15,492.00
United Commercial|PPO $15,492.00
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $19,631.62
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $19,631.62
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $19,631.62
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $19,631.62
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $19,631.62
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $20,024.25
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $20,024.25
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $20,024.25
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $20,613.20
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $21,839.06
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $21,976.53
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $22,576.36
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $26,306.37
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $26,306.37
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $26,895.32
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $27,953.99
CHC Medicaid|STAR $30,232.69
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $30,522.96
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $30,522.96
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $30,522.96
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $30,522.96
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $30,522.96
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $30,522.96
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $30,828.19
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $31,133.42
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $31,133.42
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $31,438.65
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $32,659.57
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $32,659.57
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $33,575.26
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $41,206.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $42,222.17
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $42,732.14
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $45,784.44
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $45,784.44
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $45,784.44
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $45,784.44
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $47,005.36
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $49,226.76
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $50,084.23
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $55,907.98
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $61,250.65
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $61,250.65
NX Health Commercial|PPO $99,199.62
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
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
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital

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Implant neurostim arrays at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $21,065.51 – $59,693.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $1,609.00 – $1,609.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $19,238.99 – $50,666.61
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $19,631.62 – $50,666.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $13,881.20 $71.00 – $76,924.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $22,759.70 $71.00 – $76,924.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $13,881.20 $85.00 – $76,924.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $13,881.20 $2,763.00 – $76,924.35

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