Inj retacrit esrd on dialysi 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

$505.94

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.

$1,445.54

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.

$0.55 with Renaissance vs $124.18 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 $0.55 ↓ -100%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $0.71 ↓ -100%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $0.71 ↓ -100%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $0.76 ↓ -100%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $0.76 ↓ -100%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $0.76 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $0.76 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $0.77 ↓ -100%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $0.78 ↓ -100%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $0.78 ↓ -100%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $0.78 ↓ -100%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $0.81 ↓ -100%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $0.81 ↓ -100%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $0.84 ↓ -100%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1.03 ↓ -100%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1.06 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Exchange $1.07 ↓ -100%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1.14 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1.14 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1.14 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1.14 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1.17 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1.17 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1.32 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Charter $1.61 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $1.61 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $1.61 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2.24 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2.27 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2.36 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2.36 ↓ -100%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2.47 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2.85 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $27.32 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $32.29 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $32.29 ↓ -94%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $33.53 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $39.74 ↓ -92%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $40.98 ↓ -92%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $43.47 ↓ -91%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $44.93 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Optum $58.37 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial|HMO $59.61 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial|PPO $59.61 ↓ -88%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $60.85 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $68.30 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $68.30 ↓ -87%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $68.30 ↓ -87%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $74.51 ↓ -85%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $74.51 ↓ -85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $80.72 ↓ -84%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $80.72 ↓ -84%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $86.93 ↓ -83%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $86.93 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $86.93 ↓ -83%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $86.93 ↓ -83%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $86.93 ↓ -83%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $89.41 ↓ -82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $93.14 ↓ -82%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $102.60 ↓ -80%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $105.56 ↓ -79%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $124.18 ↓ -75%

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Inj retacrit esrd on dialysi at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $505.94 $0.96 – $124.18
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.71 – $11.40
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.76 – $11.40
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.71 – $11.40
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $24.42 $0.75 – $11.59
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $505.94 $1.07 – $124.18
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $505.94 $1.07 – $124.18
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $24.42 $0.75 – $10.94

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