Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$315.35

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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.

$901.00

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.

$81.77 with BCBS-TX vs $2,749.00 with United — 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 $81.77 ↓ -74%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $92.96 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $104.67 ↓ -67%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.11 ↓ -59%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -59%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $129.11 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $129.11 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.40 ↓ -59%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↓ -58%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↓ -58%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↓ -58%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -56%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -56%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $142.02 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $158.09 ↓ -50%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $174.30 ↓ -45%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $180.75 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $187.53 ↓ -41%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↓ -40%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $193.67 ↓ -39%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -39%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.83 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $209.34 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $243.27 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $315.35 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $325.99 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $419.61 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $423.47 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $495.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $495.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $495.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $540.60 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $540.60 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $585.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $585.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $585.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $585.65 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $585.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $612.68 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $630.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $630.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $630.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $675.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $684.76 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $744.41 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $765.85 ↑ +143%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +156%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $901.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +199%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +208%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +431%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +671%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +671%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +685%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +772%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +772%

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $315.35 $243.27 – $901.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $223.51 – $223.51
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $134.32 – $189.71
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $189.71 – $189.71
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $560.89 $136.29 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $300.37 $85.11 – $375.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $282.53 $58.15 – $423.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $405.91 $71.00 – $507.38

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