Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$1,325.80

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.

$3,788.00

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.

$173.27 with BCBS-TX vs $3,788.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $173.27 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $173.75 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $173.75 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $173.75 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $177.22 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $177.22 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $177.22 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $179.42 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $182.44 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $199.81 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $232.82 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $238.04 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $267.57 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $303.04 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $303.04 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $314.60 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $368.67 ↓ -72%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $388.18 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $406.08 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $414.14 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $539.14 ↓ -59%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $539.14 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $539.14 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $542.10 ↓ -59%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $542.10 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $544.53 ↓ -59%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -59%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -59%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -58%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -56%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -56%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $593.05 ↓ -55%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $727.84 ↓ -45%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $754.80 ↓ -43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $808.71 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -39%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $808.71 ↓ -39%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -39%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $830.28 ↓ -37%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,022.76 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,212.16 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,325.80 ↑ +0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,325.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,370.50 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,553.08 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +30%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,752.20 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $1,780.36 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,083.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,083.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,083.40 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,234.92 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,272.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,462.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,462.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,462.20 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,575.84 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,651.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,651.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,651.60 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,841.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,129.65 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,219.80 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $3,788.00 ↑ +186%

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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $12,267.62 $173.41 – $699.86
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,325.80 $147.47 – $3,788.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $13,716.09 $173.41 – $699.86
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $170.28 – $699.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,698.91 $176.09 – $2,123.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,698.91 $349.69 – $2,548.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,698.91 $176.09 – $2,123.63
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