Repair tendon/muscle forearm/wrist prime sngl ea 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

$1,949.85

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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.

$5,571.00

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.

$1,088.27 with TCHP vs $10,562.08 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,088.27 ↓ -44%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,088.27 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,088.27 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,088.27 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,088.27 ↓ -44%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,110.04 ↓ -43%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,110.04 ↓ -43%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,110.04 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,142.68 ↓ -41%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,251.51 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,458.28 ↓ -25%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,458.28 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,490.93 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,504.17 ↓ -23%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,528.00 ↓ -22%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,675.94 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,842.00 ↓ -6%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,929.00 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,949.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,015.59 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,053.09 ↑ +5%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,202.00 ↑ +13%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,339.91 ↑ +20%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Optum $2,618.37 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,627.95 ↑ +35%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,064.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,064.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,064.05 ↑ +57%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,249.87 ↑ +67%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +67%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,249.87 ↑ +67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +67%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,282.37 ↑ +68%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,314.87 ↑ +70%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,314.87 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,342.60 ↑ +71%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,347.37 ↑ +72%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,395.40 ↑ +74%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,395.40 ↑ +74%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +78%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,574.86 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,621.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,621.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,621.15 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,635.00 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,677.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,788.28 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,899.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,899.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,899.70 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,969.30 ↑ +104%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +105%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +105%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $4,005.00 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,178.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,233.96 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,387.32 ↑ +125%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,549.82 ↑ +133%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,602.77 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,708.41 ↑ +141%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,735.35 ↑ +143%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,735.90 ↑ +143%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,874.81 ↑ +150%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,874.81 ↑ +150%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,874.81 ↑ +150%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,874.81 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $5,004.80 ↑ +157%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,255.90 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Charter $5,428.00 ↑ +178%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $5,571.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|PPO $6,032.00 ↑ +209%
United Commercial|HMO $6,032.00 ↑ +209%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $7,089.00 ↑ +264%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,089.00 ↑ +264%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,059.00 ↑ +416%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $10,562.08 ↑ +442%

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Repair tendon/muscle forearm/wrist prime sngl ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,949.85 $1,504.17 – $5,571.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,167.76 – $5,611.77
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,066.50 – $4,763.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,088.27 – $4,763.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,222.65 $1,088.27 – $9,028.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,871.35 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,798.95 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,222.65 $1,088.27 – $9,028.31

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