Inj secretin synthetic human 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

$28.80

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.

$82.26

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.

$18.10 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $142.54 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 $18.10 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.39 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Exchange $21.39 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.39 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $22.22 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $26.33 ↓ -9%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.15 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Charter $27.97 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $28.80 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $29.62 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.62 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $29.62 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $29.77 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|HMO $31.26 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|PPO $31.26 ↑ +9%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $31.58 ↑ +10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $35.76 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Optum $38.67 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|HMO $39.49 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|PPO $39.49 ↑ +37%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $40.31 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $40.36 ↑ +40%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $42.64 ↑ +48%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $42.64 ↑ +48%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $43.86 ↑ +52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $43.86 ↑ +52%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $43.86 ↑ +52%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $43.86 ↑ +52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $44.30 ↑ +54%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $44.74 ↑ +55%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $44.74 ↑ +55%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $45.18 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $45.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $45.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $45.25 ↑ +57%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $46.93 ↑ +63%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $46.93 ↑ +63%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $48.25 ↑ +68%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $49.36 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $49.36 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $53.47 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $53.47 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $53.47 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $57.59 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $57.59 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $57.59 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $57.59 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $57.59 ↑ +100%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $59.21 ↑ +106%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $59.23 ↑ +106%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $61.40 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $61.70 ↑ +114%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $65.79 ↑ +128%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $65.79 ↑ +128%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $65.79 ↑ +128%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $65.79 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $67.54 ↑ +135%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $67.97 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $69.56 ↑ +142%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $69.93 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $82.26 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.26 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $82.26 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $142.54 ↑ +395%

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HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $64.31 – $338.76
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