Warde calculus (stone) infrared 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

$76.65

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.

$219.00

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.

$9.29 with Renaissance vs $219.00 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 $9.29 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.84 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $10.84 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.84 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.84 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.84 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.06 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.06 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $11.06 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.38 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.47 ↓ -84%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.90 ↓ -83%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $12.90 ↓ -83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.90 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.90 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $12.90 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.90 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $13.03 ↓ -83%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $13.16 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.16 ↓ -83%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $13.29 ↓ -83%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.80 ↓ -82%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $13.80 ↓ -82%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $14.19 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.53 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.53 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.85 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $16.69 ↓ -78%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $17.41 ↓ -77%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $18.06 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $18.83 ↓ -75%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $19.35 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $19.35 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $19.35 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.35 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $19.87 ↓ -74%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.29 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Exchange $23.88 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $23.88 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Charter $23.88 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|PPO $23.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $24.51 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $30.58 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $33.74 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.82 ↓ -56%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.82 ↓ -56%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $41.92 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $42.05 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46.11 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $56.50 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $59.13 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $66.18 ↓ -14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $76.65 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $79.24 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $102.93 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $120.45 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $120.45 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $120.45 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $131.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $142.35 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $142.35 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $142.35 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $148.92 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $153.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $153.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $153.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $164.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $180.94 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $186.15 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $219.00 ↑ +186%

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