Ins picad w subq port 5yr> 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

$4,642.75

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.

$13,265.00

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.

$1,118.22 with Wellpoint vs $13,265.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,118.22 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,118.22 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,118.22 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,118.22 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,118.22 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,140.58 ↓ -75%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,140.58 ↓ -75%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,140.58 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,174.13 ↓ -75%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -73%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,285.95 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,498.41 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,498.41 ↓ -68%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,518.30 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,531.96 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,609.00 ↓ -65%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,722.06 ↓ -63%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,795.00 ↓ -61%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,025.00 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,025.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,078.46 ↓ -55%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,269.87 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,660.43 ↓ -43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -32%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -32%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -32%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,152.60 ↓ -32%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,152.60 ↓ -32%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -32%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,184.13 ↓ -31%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -31%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -31%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00 ↓ -30%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -27%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -27%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,467.86 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,488.85 ↓ -25%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,488.85 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,581.55 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,677.00 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,018.36 ↓ -13%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,256.01 ↓ -8%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,413.64 ↓ -5%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $4,642.75 ↑ +0%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +2%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +2%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +2%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,766.60 ↑ +3%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,787.23 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,799.28 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,855.00 ↑ +5%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00 ↑ +13%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,252.00 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,320.86 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Charter $5,428.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|PPO $6,032.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|HMO $6,032.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $6,234.55 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $7,295.75 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $7,295.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $7,295.75 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,959.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,622.25 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8,622.25 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $8,622.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,020.20 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $9,285.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $9,285.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $9,285.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,948.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $10,081.40 ↑ +117%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $10,245.95 ↑ +121%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,959.55 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $11,275.25 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $13,265.00 ↑ +186%

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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,642.75 $1,609.00 – $13,265.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,199.90 – $5,681.12
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,095.86 – $4,822.03
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,118.22 – $4,822.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,912.93 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,741.53 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,194.33 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,912.93 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23

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