Special radiation treatment at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$3,141.95
Cash price 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.
$8,977.00
Gross charge 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.
$37.89 with BCBS-TX vs $8,977.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $37.89 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $39.70 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $91.60 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $118.33 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $131.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $417.18 | ↓ -87% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $579.41 | ↓ -82% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $579.41 | ↓ -82% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $579.41 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $579.41 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $579.41 | ↓ -82% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $579.41 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $585.20 | ↓ -81% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $591.00 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $591.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $596.79 | ↓ -81% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $619.97 | ↓ -80% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $619.97 | ↓ -80% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $637.35 | ↓ -80% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $782.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $811.17 | ↓ -74% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $869.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $869.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $869.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $869.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $892.29 | ↓ -72% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $907.34 | ↓ -71% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $1,883.08 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,033.00 | ↓ -35% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $2,423.79 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $2,513.56 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $2,782.87 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $3,001.00 | ↓ -4% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $3,141.95 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $3,247.88 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,334.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,334.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,680.57 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $4,219.19 | ↑ +34% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $4,937.35 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $4,937.35 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $4,937.35 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $5,296.43 | ↑ +69% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $5,386.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $5,386.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $5,835.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $5,835.05 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,835.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,104.36 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $6,283.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $6,283.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $6,283.90 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,732.75 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $7,416.80 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $7,630.45 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $8,977.00 | ↑ +186% |
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Special radiation treatment at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,141.95 | $31.14 – $8,977.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $47.49 – $357.42 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $47.49 – $357.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,787.51 | $40.48 – $2,234.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,978.89 | $101.20 – $2,968.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,125.57 | $101.20 – $2,656.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,787.51 | $24.91 – $2,234.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,978.89 | $123.26 – $2,968.34 |