Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous 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

$322.77

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.

$922.19

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.

$0.16 with United vs $389.46 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
United Commercial|Exchange $0.16 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $0.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $0.22 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Charter $0.24 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $0.24 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.24 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $0.30 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $0.31 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $0.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $0.38 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $0.48 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $0.59 ↓ -100%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $85.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $101.26 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $101.26 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $105.16 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $124.63 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $128.53 ↓ -60%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $136.32 ↓ -58%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $140.91 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Optum $183.05 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial|HMO $186.95 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|PPO $186.95 ↓ -42%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $190.84 ↓ -41%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $214.21 ↓ -34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $214.21 ↓ -34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $214.21 ↓ -34%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $233.68 ↓ -28%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $233.68 ↓ -28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $253.15 ↓ -22%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $253.15 ↓ -22%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $253.15 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $272.63 ↓ -16%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $272.63 ↓ -16%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $272.63 ↓ -16%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $272.63 ↓ -16%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $272.63 ↓ -16%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $280.42 ↓ -13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $292.10 ↓ -10%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $321.78 ↓ -0%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $331.05 ↑ +3%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $389.46 ↑ +21%

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Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $322.77 $0.16 – $389.46
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.13 – $1.36
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.10 – $1.36
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.13 – $1.36
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $349.56 $0.69 – $0.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $222.51 $0.16 – $315.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $222.51 $0.16 – $333.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $222.51 $0.16 – $278.14

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