Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$1,282.40

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.

$3,664.00

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.

$289.79 with Renaissance vs $3,664.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $289.79 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $293.12 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $293.12 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $308.08 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $308.08 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $308.08 ↓ -76%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $314.24 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $314.24 ↓ -75%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $314.24 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $323.48 ↓ -75%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $354.29 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $392.79 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $402.48 ↓ -69%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $402.48 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↓ -68%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -68%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $412.83 ↓ -68%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $422.07 ↓ -67%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -66%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $434.46 ↓ -66%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $442.73 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $449.87 ↓ -65%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $474.44 ↓ -63%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $543.35 ↓ -58%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $563.47 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -53%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $603.72 ↓ -53%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↓ -52%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $788.81 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $924.39 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $961.21 ↓ -25%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $961.21 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $989.28 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,038.40 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,172.48 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,282.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,282.40 ↑ +0%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,308.06 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,325.64 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,502.24 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $1,722.08 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,015.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,015.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,015.20 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,161.76 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,198.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,381.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,381.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,381.60 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,491.52 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,564.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,564.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,564.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,748.00 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +120%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +120%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,027.20 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,114.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $3,664.00 ↑ +186%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $5,239.07 $326.45 – $1,643.91
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,282.40 $308.08 – $3,664.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $12,752.50 $308.08 – $1,643.91
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $301.92 – $1,643.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,719.11 $353.85 – $2,578.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,402.87 $296.71 – $1,753.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,861.14 $296.71 – $2,326.43

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