N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta 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

$1,774.50

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.

$5,070.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $5,070.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Exchange $925.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Charter $1,366.00 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,368.90 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|PPO $1,518.00 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|HMO $1,518.00 ↓ -14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,774.50 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,834.33 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $2,382.90 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,788.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,788.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,788.50 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,042.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,295.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,295.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,295.50 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,549.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,549.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,549.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,802.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,188.84 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,309.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $5,070.00 ↑ +186%

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N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $13,107.50 $1,753.28 – $1,892.74
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,774.50 $100.00 – $5,070.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,753.28 – $1,892.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,753.28 – $1,892.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,133.32 $819.52 – $6,416.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,700.94 $761.78 – $5,551.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,700.94 $740.19 – $4,626.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,133.32 $819.52 – $6,416.65

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