Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$1,538.60

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.

$4,396.00

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.

$282.01 with Wellpoint vs $4,396.00 with MHealth Network — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $282.01 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $282.01 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $282.01 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $287.65 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $287.65 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $287.65 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $296.11 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $324.31 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $351.68 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $351.68 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $377.89 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $386.35 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $387.72 ↓ -75%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $388.18 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $401.47 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $434.30 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $471.26 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $539.14 ↓ -65%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -65%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $539.14 ↓ -65%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $539.14 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $544.53 ↓ -65%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -64%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -64%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -63%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -63%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $593.05 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $703.95 ↓ -54%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $727.84 ↓ -53%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $754.80 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $808.71 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $808.71 ↓ -47%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $824.94 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $830.28 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $879.87 ↓ -43%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $879.87 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $926.68 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,186.92 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,406.72 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,538.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,538.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,590.48 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +12%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,752.20 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,802.36 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $2,066.12 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,417.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,417.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,417.80 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,593.64 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,637.60 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +84%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +84%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,857.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,857.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,857.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,989.28 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,077.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,077.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,077.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,297.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,631.98 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,736.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,396.00 ↑ +186%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,538.60 $282.01 – $4,396.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $7,029.08 $282.01 – $1,480.85
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $298.71 – $1,480.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,610.93 $269.31 – $2,013.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,425.08 $293.33 – $2,137.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,425.08 $269.31 – $1,781.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,610.93 $269.31 – $2,013.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,425.08 $288.16 – $2,137.63

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