Remove ureter stent percut 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

$1,039.85

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.

$2,971.00

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.

$652.80 with Wellpoint vs $6,668.45 with NX Health — 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 $652.80 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $652.80 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $652.80 ↓ -37%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $652.80 ↓ -37%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $652.80 ↓ -37%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $665.86 ↓ -36%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $665.86 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $665.86 ↓ -36%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $685.44 ↓ -34%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $750.72 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $802.17 ↓ -23%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↓ -22%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $874.75 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $874.75 ↓ -16%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $894.34 ↓ -14%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,005.31 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,039.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,074.91 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,328.66 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $1,396.37 ↑ +34%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,477.32 ↑ +42%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,634.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,634.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,634.05 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,700.69 ↑ +64%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,782.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,782.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +79%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,931.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,931.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,931.15 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,931.15 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,931.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,020.28 ↑ +94%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,036.74 ↑ +96%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,036.74 ↑ +96%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2,051.83 ↑ +97%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $2,051.83 ↑ +97%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,051.83 ↑ +97%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $2,051.83 ↑ +97%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,051.83 ↑ +97%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,051.83 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +98%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,072.35 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,079.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,079.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,079.70 ↑ +100%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $2,092.87 ↑ +101%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,092.87 ↑ +101%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2,113.38 ↑ +103%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2,195.46 ↑ +111%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,195.46 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,228.25 ↑ +114%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $2,257.01 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,257.96 ↑ +117%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +134%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,454.65 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,525.35 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,568.75 ↑ +147%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,769.97 ↑ +166%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $2,872.56 ↑ +176%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,971.00 ↑ +186%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,994.29 ↑ +188%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,047.07 ↑ +193%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3,077.74 ↑ +196%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,077.74 ↑ +196%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $3,077.74 ↑ +196%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $3,077.74 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,137.00 ↑ +202%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $3,159.82 ↑ +204%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,401.38 ↑ +227%
United Commercial|Charter $4,631.00 ↑ +345%
United Commercial|PPO $5,145.00 ↑ +395%
United Commercial|HMO $5,145.00 ↑ +395%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +396%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $6,668.45 ↑ +541%

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Remove ureter stent percut at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,039.85 $802.17 – $2,971.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $13,690.00 $639.74 – $3,082.50
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $700.49 – $3,631.68
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $652.80 – $3,082.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,311.81 $652.80 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,404.28 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,226.19 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,311.81 $652.80 – $5,045.72

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