Rheumatoid factor qualitative 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

$44.45

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.

$127.00

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.

$4.42 with Renaissance vs $127.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $4.42 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.16 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $5.16 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.16 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.16 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.16 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.26 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.26 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $5.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $5.42 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.93 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $6.14 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $6.14 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.14 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $6.20 ↓ -86%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $6.26 ↓ -86%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $6.26 ↓ -86%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $6.32 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6.57 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $6.57 ↓ -85%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $6.75 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $6.91 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $6.91 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $7.07 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $7.95 ↓ -82%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $8.29 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $8.60 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $8.96 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $9.21 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $9.21 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $9.21 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $9.21 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $9.46 ↓ -79%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $10.13 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $10.50 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $10.50 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Charter $10.50 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|PPO $10.50 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $11.67 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $14.87 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.10 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.10 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $16.41 ↓ -63%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $19.95 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $20.02 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.43 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $26.89 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $31.50 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $34.29 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $44.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $45.95 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $59.69 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $69.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $69.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $69.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $76.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $82.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $82.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $86.36 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $88.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $88.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $88.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $104.93 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $107.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $127.00 ↑ +186%

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Rheumatoid factor qualitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $44.45 $4.42 – $127.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $269.00 $5.06 – $25.07
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $5.16 – $25.07
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $5.16 – $25.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $216.36 $5.53 – $23.64
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $99.07 $5.16 – $123.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $89.83 $9.00 – $134.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $80.14 $5.16 – $100.18

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