Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath 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

$5,165.30

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.

$14,758.00

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.

$1,233.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $20,636.00 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,493.34 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,493.34 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,493.34 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,493.34 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,493.34 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,523.21 ↓ -71%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,523.21 ↓ -71%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,523.21 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,568.01 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,717.34 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,001.08 ↓ -61%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2,001.08 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,045.88 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,263.91 ↓ -56%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $2,299.74 ↓ -55%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -53%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,487.28 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,897.80 ↓ -44%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,454.56 ↓ -33%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,454.56 ↓ -33%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,454.56 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,454.56 ↓ -33%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,454.56 ↓ -33%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,454.56 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,489.11 ↓ -32%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,523.65 ↓ -32%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,523.65 ↓ -32%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,558.20 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,677.00 ↓ -29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,696.38 ↓ -28%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,696.38 ↓ -28%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,800.02 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,984.66 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,376.88 ↓ -15%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,659.22 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,659.22 ↓ -10%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,663.66 ↓ -10%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,836.38 ↓ -6%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,141.58 ↓ -0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $5,165.30 ↑ +0%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5,181.84 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $5,181.84 ↑ +0%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $5,181.84 ↑ +0%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,181.84 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,191.89 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $5,320.02 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $5,339.45 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $5,428.00 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,795.60 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|HMO $6,032.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|PPO $6,032.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $6,936.26 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $7,455.00 ↑ +44%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $8,116.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $8,116.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $8,116.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,215.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $8,854.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,592.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $9,592.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $9,592.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,035.44 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $10,330.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $10,330.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $10,330.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,068.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $11,216.08 ↑ +117%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $11,227.32 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $12,193.06 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $12,544.30 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $14,758.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20,636.00 ↑ +300%

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Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,165.30 $3,984.66 – $14,758.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,602.41 – $6,188.01
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,463.47 – $5,252.26
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,493.34 – $5,252.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $6,048.00 $1,493.34 – $8,636.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,804.00 $71.00 – $10,206.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,882.47 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $6,048.00 $1,493.34 – $10,795.00

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