Vein x-ray kidney at St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital
20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1710314141
$3,288.25
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$9,395.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$119.63 with Wellpoint vs $10,245.95 with NX Health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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|All Other Plans | $119.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $120.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $120.63 | ↓ -96% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $122.02 | ↓ -96% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $122.02 | ↓ -96% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $123.04 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.61 | ↓ -96% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $138.72 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $140.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $161.64 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $165.26 | ↓ -95% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $185.77 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $209.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $214.90 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $236.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $290.40 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $376.37 | ↓ -89% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $376.37 | ↓ -89% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $751.60 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $751.60 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,007.15 | ↓ -69% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $2,269.87 | ↓ -31% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $2,536.65 | ↓ -23% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,152.60 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $3,152.60 | ↓ -4% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↓ -4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $3,152.60 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↓ -4% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↓ -4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $3,184.13 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,215.65 | ↓ -2% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $3,215.65 | ↓ -2% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $3,247.18 | ↓ -1% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $3,288.25 | ↑ +0% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,373.28 | ↑ +3% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,373.28 | ↑ +3% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $3,399.12 | ↑ +3% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,467.86 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $3,907.50 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $4,046.07 | ↑ +23% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $4,256.01 | ↑ +29% |
| Employer Direct | Commercial|PPO | $4,413.64 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $4,415.65 | ↑ +34% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,728.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $4,728.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,728.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,728.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,787.23 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $4,855.00 | ↑ +48% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $5,167.25 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $5,167.25 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $5,167.25 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $5,543.05 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $5,637.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $6,106.75 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,106.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $6,106.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,388.60 | ↑ +94% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $6,576.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $6,576.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $6,576.50 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,046.25 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $7,094.48 | ↑ +116% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $7,762.15 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $7,985.75 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $8,313.84 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $9,339.21 | ↑ +184% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $9,395.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $10,245.95 | ↑ +212% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Vein x-ray kidney at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,288.25 | $119.63 – $9,395.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $120.63 – $4,877.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $117.24 – $4,877.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $119.63 – $4,877.45 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,571.95 | $119.63 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,216.83 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,650.18 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,571.95 | $119.63 – $7,896.23 |