Thyroid uptake measurement at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$370.30
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.
$1,058.00
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.
$80.86 with Wellpoint vs $2,827.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $80.86 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $80.86 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $81.20 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $82.48 | ↓ -78% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $82.82 | ↓ -78% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $82.82 | ↓ -78% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $84.64 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $84.64 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.26 | ↓ -77% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $92.99 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $105.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $108.35 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $108.92 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $110.78 | ↓ -70% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $113.42 | ↓ -69% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $124.52 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $190.98 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $223.80 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $251.40 | ↓ -32% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $252.28 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $252.28 | ↓ -32% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $285.66 | ↓ -23% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $289.79 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $338.56 | ↓ -9% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $370.30 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $370.30 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $382.79 | ↑ +3% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $402.48 | ↑ +9% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +9% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +9% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $402.48 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $406.50 | ↑ +10% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $410.53 | ↑ +11% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $410.53 | ↑ +11% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $414.55 | ↑ +12% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↑ +16% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $433.78 | ↑ +17% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $442.73 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $497.26 | ↑ +34% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $543.35 | ↑ +47% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $563.47 | ↑ +52% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $581.90 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $581.90 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $581.90 | ↑ +57% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $603.72 | ↑ +63% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +63% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $603.72 | ↑ +63% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $619.82 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $624.22 | ↑ +69% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $630.40 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $634.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $687.70 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $687.70 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $687.70 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $719.44 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $740.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $740.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $740.60 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $793.50 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $874.12 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $899.30 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $1,058.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $1,308.06 | ↑ +253% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,723.00 | ↑ +365% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,544.00 | ↑ +587% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,827.00 | ↑ +663% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,827.00 | ↑ +663% |
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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $370.30 | $80.86 – $1,058.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $5,215.00 | $79.58 – $423.24 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $80.86 – $423.24 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $526.55 | $108.38 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $589.22 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $526.55 | $86.88 – $1,021.72 |