Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$1,162.70
Cash price 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.
$3,322.00
Gross charge 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.
$896.94 with OPTUM 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $896.94 | ↓ -23% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,088.27 | ↓ -6% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,088.27 | ↓ -6% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,088.27 | ↓ -6% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,088.27 | ↓ -6% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,088.27 | ↓ -6% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,110.04 | ↓ -5% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,110.04 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,110.04 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,142.68 | ↓ -2% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1,162.70 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1,201.90 | ↑ +3% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,251.51 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,458.28 | ↑ +25% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,458.28 | ↑ +25% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $1,490.93 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $1,528.00 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $1,561.34 | ↑ +34% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $1,675.94 | ↑ +44% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,827.10 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,827.10 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $1,827.10 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,842.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $1,993.20 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $2,053.09 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,159.30 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $2,159.30 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $2,159.30 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,258.96 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $2,325.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $2,325.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,325.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $2,339.91 | ↑ +101% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,404.80 | ↑ +107% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +109% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,491.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,524.72 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $2,627.95 | ↑ +126% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,744.64 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $2,823.70 | ↑ +143% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,249.87 | ↑ +180% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,249.87 | ↑ +180% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,249.87 | ↑ +180% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $3,249.87 | ↑ +180% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,249.87 | ↑ +180% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $3,249.87 | ↑ +180% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $3,282.37 | ↑ +182% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,314.87 | ↑ +185% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $3,314.87 | ↑ +185% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $3,322.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $3,347.37 | ↑ +188% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,395.40 | ↑ +192% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,395.40 | ↑ +192% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,477.36 | ↑ +199% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,477.36 | ↑ +199% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,574.86 | ↑ +207% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3,677.00 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $3,969.30 | ↑ +241% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $4,387.32 | ↑ +277% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $4,549.82 | ↑ +291% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,708.41 | ↑ +305% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,735.90 | ↑ +307% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,874.81 | ↑ +319% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,874.81 | ↑ +319% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $4,874.81 | ↑ +319% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,874.81 | ↑ +319% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $5,004.80 | ↑ +330% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $5,255.90 | ↑ +352% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $5,428.00 | ↑ +367% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,032.00 | ↑ +419% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $6,032.00 | ↑ +419% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $7,455.00 | ↑ +541% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $8,215.00 | ↑ +607% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $10,562.08 | ↑ +808% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $20,636.00 | ↑ +1675% |
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $11,634.79 | $1,167.76 – $5,611.77 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,162.70 | $896.94 – $3,322.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $16,862.00 | $1,066.50 – $4,763.16 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,088.27 – $4,763.16 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,811.54 | $1,088.27 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,432.24 | $71.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,172.87 | $71.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,811.54 | $1,088.27 – $8,018.48 |