Pt therapeutic procedure >=1 area massage each 15 minutes 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

$33.25

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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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$95.00

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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.

$25.65 with OPTUM vs $480.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $25.65 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $33.25 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $34.38 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $42.62 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $44.65 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $49.33 ↑ +48%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $52.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $52.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $52.25 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $57.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.75 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $61.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $61.75 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $61.88 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $66.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $66.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $66.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $71.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $78.49 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $80.75 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $81.73 ↑ +146%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $92.82 ↑ +179%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $95.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $95.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $95.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $95.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $293.00 ↑ +781%
United Commercial|Charter $434.00 ↑ +1205%
United Commercial|HMO $480.00 ↑ +1344%
United Commercial|PPO $480.00 ↑ +1344%

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Pt therapeutic procedure >=1 area massage each 15 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $33.25 $25.65 – $95.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $25.72 – $88.74
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $25.72 – $56.42
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $25.72 – $56.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $89.14 $25.26 – $134.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $122.39 $25.19 – $183.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.46 $21.89 – $136.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $89.14 $23.77 – $134.00

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