Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) 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

$263.20

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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.

$752.00

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.

$42.23 with BCBS-TX vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $42.23 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $54.05 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $81.64 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $96.84 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $108.10 ↓ -59%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $203.04 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $219.37 ↓ -17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $263.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $272.08 ↑ +3%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $304.68 ↑ +16%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $304.68 ↑ +16%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $304.68 ↑ +16%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $304.68 ↑ +16%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $304.68 ↑ +16%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $304.68 ↑ +16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $307.73 ↑ +17%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $310.77 ↑ +18%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $310.77 ↑ +18%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $313.82 ↑ +19%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $326.01 ↑ +24%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $326.01 ↑ +24%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $335.15 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Optum $353.44 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $411.32 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $413.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $413.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $413.60 ↑ +57%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $426.55 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $451.20 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $451.20 ↑ +71%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $457.02 ↑ +74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $457.02 ↑ +74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $457.02 ↑ +74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $457.02 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $469.21 ↑ +78%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $471.65 ↑ +79%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $488.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $488.80 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $488.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $488.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $488.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $511.36 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $526.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $526.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $526.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $564.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $571.52 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $621.31 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $639.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $752.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +207%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +269%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $990.21 ↑ +276%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +537%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +608%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +680%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +823%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +823%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +840%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +944%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +944%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +1860%

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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $263.20 $203.04 – $752.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $406.49 – $406.49
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $307.65 – $406.49
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $406.49 – $406.49
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $683.71 $95.15 – $854.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $682.65 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $664.66 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $683.71 $182.32 – $854.64

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