Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$2,805.25

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.

$8,015.00

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.

$641.20 with TCHP vs $9,370.00 with Cigna — 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 $641.20 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $641.20 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $859.21 ↓ -69%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,051.88 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,460.95 ↓ -48%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,460.95 ↓ -48%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,460.95 ↓ -48%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,460.95 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,460.95 ↓ -48%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,460.95 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,464.50 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,464.50 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,464.50 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,475.56 ↓ -47%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,490.17 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,490.17 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,493.79 ↓ -47%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,493.79 ↓ -47%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,493.79 ↓ -47%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,504.78 ↓ -46%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,537.72 ↓ -45%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,563.22 ↓ -44%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,563.22 ↓ -44%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,607.05 ↓ -43%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,684.17 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,962.43 ↓ -30%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,972.28 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,006.37 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,008.39 ↓ -28%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,045.33 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,100.00 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,164.05 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,191.43 ↓ -22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,191.43 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,191.43 ↓ -22%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,191.43 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,249.86 ↓ -20%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $2,255.33 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,338.54 ↓ -17%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,475.07 ↓ -12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,805.25 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,899.83 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,913.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Charter $3,100.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,283.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,385.00 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|PPO $3,447.00 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $3,447.00 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,730.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $3,767.05 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,264.39 ↑ +52%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $4,408.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $4,408.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $4,408.25 ↑ +57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,569.24 ↑ +63%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,569.24 ↑ +63%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $4,728.85 ↑ +69%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $4,748.09 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,809.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5,209.75 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $5,209.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,209.75 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,323.61 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,450.20 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $5,610.50 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $5,610.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $5,610.50 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,983.90 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,011.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,622.00 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $6,812.75 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $8,015.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,370.00 ↑ +234%

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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,805.25 $881.65 – $8,015.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,425.21 – $2,957.56
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,425.21 – $2,751.22
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,425.21 – $2,957.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,028.73 $1,364.64 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,359.28 $1,103.12 – $8,038.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,264.68 $1,364.64 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,028.73 $1,364.64 – $5,371.00

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