Perq transcath cls aortic 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

$5,999.70

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.

$17,142.00

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.

$661.87 with TCHP vs $78,265.25 with BCBS-TX — 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 $661.87 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $661.87 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $661.87 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $661.87 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $661.87 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $675.11 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $675.11 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $675.11 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $694.96 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $761.15 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $886.91 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $886.91 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $906.76 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,019.28 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,065.03 ↓ -66%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,065.03 ↓ -66%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,351.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,835.00 ↓ -53%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $4,628.34 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $5,560.00 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $5,999.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $6,201.98 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $8,056.74 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Charter $8,210.00 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|PPO $9,121.00 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|HMO $9,121.00 ↑ +52%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $9,428.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $9,428.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $9,428.10 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $10,285.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,142.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $11,142.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $11,142.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,656.56 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $11,999.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $11,999.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $11,999.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,856.50 ↑ +114%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $12,949.78 ↑ +116%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $14,162.73 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $14,570.70 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $16,927.00 ↑ +182%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $17,142.00 ↑ +186%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +200%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $17,985.81 ↑ +200%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +200%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +200%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +200%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $17,985.81 ↑ +200%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $18,165.67 ↑ +203%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $18,345.53 ↑ +206%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $18,345.53 ↑ +206%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $18,525.38 ↑ +209%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $18,652.00 ↑ +211%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19,244.82 ↑ +221%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $19,244.82 ↑ +221%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $19,784.39 ↑ +230%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $24,280.84 ↑ +305%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $25,180.13 ↑ +320%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26,857.58 ↑ +348%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $26,978.72 ↑ +350%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26,978.72 ↑ +350%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $26,978.72 ↑ +350%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $26,978.72 ↑ +350%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $27,698.15 ↑ +362%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $31,401.74 ↑ +423%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $31,561.14 ↑ +426%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46,852.00 ↑ +681%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $50,689.10 ↑ +745%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $58,453.88 ↑ +874%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $70,454.67 ↑ +1074%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $78,265.25 ↑ +1204%

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Perq transcath cls aortic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $90,901.01 $710.22 – $35,227.33
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,999.70 $4,628.34 – $17,142.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $648.63 – $29,967.14
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $661.87 – $35,227.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $35,806.50 $661.87 – $44,758.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $20,488.05 $708.20 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $20,488.05 $661.87 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $35,806.50 $661.87 – $44,758.12

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