Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple 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

$300.30

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.

$858.00

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.

$80.12 with BCBS-TX vs $2,749.00 with United — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $80.12 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $86.38 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $86.38 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $86.38 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $86.38 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $86.38 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.11 ↓ -71%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $88.11 ↓ -71%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $88.11 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $90.70 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $99.34 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $102.56 ↓ -66%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $115.75 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $115.75 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $118.34 ↓ -61%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $133.03 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $154.90 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $183.75 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $205.11 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $231.66 ↓ -23%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $269.51 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $269.51 ↓ -10%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↓ -4%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $300.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $310.43 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +29%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↑ +33%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +33%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +33%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +33%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $403.26 ↑ +34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↑ +35%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +36%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +36%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +37%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +43%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +43%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $440.20 ↑ +47%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $471.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $471.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $471.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $514.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $514.80 ↑ +71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↑ +80%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $557.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $557.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $557.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $557.70 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $557.70 ↑ +86%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $560.25 ↑ +87%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $583.44 ↑ +94%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↑ +100%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +100%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +100%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $600.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $600.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $600.60 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $643.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $652.08 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $708.88 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $729.30 ↑ +143%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +169%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $858.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +224%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↑ +333%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +353%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +458%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +709%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +709%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +724%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +815%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +815%

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Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $300.30 $231.66 – $858.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $92.69 – $771.31
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $84.65 – $771.31
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $86.38 – $771.31
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,455.26 $133.54 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $699.02 $86.38 – $987.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $711.92 $71.00 – $1,067.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $843.22 $71.00 – $1,054.02

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