Interrogation vad in person 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

$198.10

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.

$566.00

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.

$66.20 with Renaissance 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $66.20 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $69.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $80.39 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $91.94 ↓ -54%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $91.94 ↓ -54%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $91.94 ↓ -54%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $91.94 ↓ -54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $91.94 ↓ -54%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $91.94 ↓ -54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $92.86 ↓ -53%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -53%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -53%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $94.70 ↓ -52%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $98.38 ↓ -50%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $98.38 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $100.85 ↓ -49%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $101.13 ↓ -49%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $124.12 ↓ -37%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $128.72 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $133.20 ↓ -33%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $137.91 ↓ -30%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $137.91 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $137.91 ↓ -30%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $137.91 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $141.59 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $151.27 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $152.82 ↓ -23%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $167.89 ↓ -15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $198.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $204.78 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $266.02 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $298.81 ↑ +51%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $311.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $311.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $311.30 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $339.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $367.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $367.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $367.90 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $396.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $396.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $396.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $424.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $467.63 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $481.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $566.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +746%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +1149%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +1288%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +1288%

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Interrogation vad in person at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $198.10 $56.13 – $566.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $111.31 – $535.21
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $111.31 – $535.21
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $111.31 – $535.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $385.29 $90.72 – $481.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $358.49 $71.00 – $537.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $301.98 $60.40 – $377.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $385.29 $90.72 – $481.61

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