Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress 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

$607.60

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.

$1,736.00

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.

$138.88 with TCHP vs $2,827.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $138.88 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.88 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $186.10 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $212.84 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $212.84 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $212.84 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $217.10 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $217.10 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $217.10 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $223.48 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $244.77 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $265.25 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $274.66 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $285.21 ↓ -53%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $289.79 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $291.59 ↓ -52%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $327.77 ↓ -46%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↓ -34%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $402.48 ↓ -34%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -34%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -34%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $402.48 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↓ -33%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -32%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -32%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -32%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -29%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $442.73 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $468.72 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $481.59 ↓ -21%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $543.35 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $555.52 ↓ -9%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $563.47 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $564.36 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -1%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $603.72 ↓ -1%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -1%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $607.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $607.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $628.09 ↑ +3%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↑ +4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $633.96 ↑ +4%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $664.06 ↑ +9%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $664.06 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $711.76 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $815.92 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $954.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $954.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $954.80 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,024.24 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,041.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,128.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,128.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,128.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,180.48 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,215.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,215.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,215.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +114%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,308.06 ↑ +115%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,434.29 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,475.60 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +184%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,736.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +319%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +365%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +365%

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Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $7,418.89 $223.86 – $1,018.74
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $607.60 $190.96 – $1,736.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $10,201.00 $208.58 – $1,018.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $8,296.91 $212.84 – $1,018.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,588.83 $206.83 – $1,986.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,584.98 $326.24 – $2,377.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,397.69 $206.83 – $1,747.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,588.83 $206.83 – $1,986.04

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