Insti hexaminolevulinate hcl 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

$3,082.88

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.

$8,808.22

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.

$1,345.91 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $6,117.75 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,345.91 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,382.67 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,560.26 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,590.62 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,590.62 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,590.62 ↓ -48%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,651.80 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,957.68 ↓ -36%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,018.86 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Charter $2,080.04 ↓ -33%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,141.22 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,202.39 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,202.39 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,202.39 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,213.41 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|PPO $2,324.75 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|HMO $2,324.75 ↓ -25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,689.22 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Optum $2,875.35 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,936.52 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,936.52 ↓ -5%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,997.70 ↓ -3%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,364.77 ↑ +9%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,364.77 ↑ +9%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,364.77 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,374.21 ↑ +9%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $3,670.65 ↑ +19%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,670.65 ↑ +19%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,976.54 ↑ +29%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,976.54 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,976.54 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,122.63 ↑ +34%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,282.43 ↑ +39%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $4,282.43 ↑ +39%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,282.43 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,282.43 ↑ +39%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,282.43 ↑ +39%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $4,404.78 ↑ +43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,588.32 ↑ +49%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,054.49 ↑ +64%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,200.09 ↑ +69%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,117.75 ↑ +98%

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Insti hexaminolevulinate hcl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,082.88 $1,141.65 – $6,117.75
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,378.41 – $3,446.88
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,424.77 – $3,446.88
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,378.41 – $3,446.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,359.80 $668.61 – $3,343.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,359.80 $485.73 – $3,539.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,359.80 $471.96 – $3,146.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,359.80 $629.28 – $3,343.05

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