Transcath closure of vsd 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

$8,408.75

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.

$24,025.00

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.

$1,922.00 with TCHP vs $58,453.88 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|STARKIDS $1,922.00 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,922.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,960.44 ↓ -77%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,351.00 ↓ -72%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2,575.48 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,633.14 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,835.00 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,841.00 ↓ -42%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,996.64 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,996.64 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $6,486.75 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $7,145.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $7,939.00 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|PPO $7,939.00 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $8,408.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $8,692.25 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $11,291.75 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $11,954.98 ↑ +42%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $12,949.78 ↑ +54%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $13,213.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $13,213.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $13,213.75 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $14,415.00 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $15,302.37 ↑ +82%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $15,616.25 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15,616.25 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $15,616.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16,337.00 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $16,817.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $16,817.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $16,817.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $16,927.00 ↑ +101%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +114%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +114%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $17,985.81 ↑ +114%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $17,985.81 ↑ +114%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +114%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $17,985.81 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18,018.75 ↑ +114%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $18,165.67 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $18,259.00 ↑ +117%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $18,345.53 ↑ +118%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $18,345.53 ↑ +118%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $18,525.38 ↑ +120%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $18,652.00 ↑ +122%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $19,244.82 ↑ +129%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19,244.82 ↑ +129%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $19,784.39 ↑ +135%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $19,849.46 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $20,421.25 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $23,112.96 ↑ +175%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $24,025.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $24,280.84 ↑ +189%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $25,180.13 ↑ +199%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26,857.58 ↑ +219%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $26,978.72 ↑ +221%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $26,978.72 ↑ +221%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26,978.72 ↑ +221%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $26,978.72 ↑ +221%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $27,416.75 ↑ +226%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $27,698.15 ↑ +229%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $30,604.74 ↑ +264%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46,852.00 ↑ +457%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $58,453.88 ↑ +595%

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Transcath closure of vsd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $99,081.83 $32,676.94 – $32,676.94
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $8,408.75 $2,642.75 – $24,025.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $27,735.55 – $27,735.55
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $27,735.55 – $27,735.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $24,215.41 $6,299.00 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $25,060.49 $5,158.28 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $22,263.84 $4,452.77 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $24,215.41 $6,457.44 – $43,439.01

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