Laryngoscopy w/fb & op scope 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

$3,087.70

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.

$8,822.00

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.

$1,062.24 with TCHP vs $12,001.99 with NX Health — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,062.24 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,062.24 ↓ -66%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,062.24 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,062.24 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,062.24 ↓ -66%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,083.48 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,083.48 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,083.48 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,115.35 ↓ -64%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,221.58 ↓ -60%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,423.40 ↓ -54%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,423.40 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,455.27 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -52%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,518.30 ↓ -51%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,609.00 ↓ -48%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,635.85 ↓ -47%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,795.00 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,025.00 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,025.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,202.68 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,381.94 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,658.90 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,819.43 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,087.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,191.80 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00 ↑ +6%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,314.19 ↑ +7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,314.19 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,692.92 ↑ +20%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,692.92 ↑ +20%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,692.92 ↑ +20%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,692.92 ↑ +20%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,692.92 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,692.92 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,729.85 ↑ +21%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,766.78 ↑ +22%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,766.78 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +22%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,803.71 ↑ +23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,951.42 ↑ +28%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,951.42 ↑ +28%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $4,062.21 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $4,146.34 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,258.52 ↑ +38%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $4,852.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $4,852.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $4,852.10 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,985.44 ↑ +61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,051.49 ↑ +64%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $5,170.09 ↑ +67%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,180.13 ↑ +68%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,252.00 ↑ +70%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,293.20 ↑ +71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5,539.38 ↑ +79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,539.38 ↑ +79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $5,539.38 ↑ +79%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $5,539.38 ↑ +79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,638.87 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $5,687.10 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,734.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5,734.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $5,734.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,998.96 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,175.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,175.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6,175.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,616.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $6,704.72 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,288.74 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $7,498.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $8,822.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00 ↑ +192%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $12,001.99 ↑ +289%

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Laryngoscopy w/fb & op scope at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,087.70 $1,609.00 – $8,822.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,139.83 – $6,020.67
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,041.00 – $5,110.22
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,062.24 – $5,110.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,549.99 $71.00 – $9,276.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,549.99 $71.00 – $9,276.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,549.99 $85.00 – $9,276.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,549.99 $1,062.24 – $9,276.93

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