Pet image ltd area 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

$2,243.15

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.

$6,409.00

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.

$512.72 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 $512.72 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $512.72 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $687.05 ↓ -69%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $941.46 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,307.59 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -42%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -42%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -42%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -42%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,307.59 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,320.67 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,327.27 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,327.27 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,327.27 ↓ -41%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,333.74 ↓ -41%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,333.74 ↓ -41%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,346.82 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,353.82 ↓ -40%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,353.82 ↓ -40%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,353.82 ↓ -40%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,393.63 ↓ -38%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,399.12 ↓ -38%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,399.12 ↓ -38%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,438.35 ↓ -36%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,526.36 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,730.43 ↓ -23%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,765.25 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,778.54 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,794.76 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,818.36 ↓ -19%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $1,830.63 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,961.38 ↓ -13%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,961.38 ↓ -13%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,961.38 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,961.38 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,013.69 ↓ -10%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $2,044.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,089.79 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,100.00 ↓ -6%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,185.34 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,243.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,318.78 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,913.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $3,012.23 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Charter $3,100.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,283.00 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,385.00 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|HMO $3,447.00 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|PPO $3,447.00 ↑ +54%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,524.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,524.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,524.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,730.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,781.31 ↑ +69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,810.80 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,845.40 ↑ +71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,141.08 ↑ +85%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,141.08 ↑ +85%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,165.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,165.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,165.85 ↑ +86%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $4,249.67 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,358.12 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,486.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,486.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,486.30 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,757.35 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,806.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,295.12 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,347.41 ↑ +138%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,447.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,409.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,370.00 ↑ +318%

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Pet image ltd area at other Texas hospitals

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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,243.15 $704.99 – $6,409.00
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