X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw 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

$2,237.90

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.

$6,394.00

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.

$76.69 with Renaissance vs $6,394.00 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 $76.69 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $79.19 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $79.19 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $79.53 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $80.77 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $81.12 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $81.12 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $83.33 ↓ -96%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $83.51 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $86.29 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $91.07 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $106.11 ↓ -95%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -95%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $108.49 ↓ -95%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -95%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -95%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -95%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -95%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -95%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $117.16 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $121.95 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -94%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -94%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $149.11 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $151.30 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $177.30 ↓ -92%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $193.82 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $199.17 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $213.46 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $247.07 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $247.07 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $261.91 ↓ -88%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $511.52 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $511.52 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $685.44 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,726.38 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,237.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,313.35 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $3,005.18 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,516.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,516.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,516.70 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,772.46 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,836.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,156.10 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,156.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,156.10 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,347.92 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,475.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,475.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,475.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,795.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,282.73 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,434.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,394.00 ↑ +186%

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X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,237.90 $70.92 – $6,394.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,469.98 $79.19 – $366.25
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $79.19 – $366.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $539.81 $79.53 – $674.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $560.57 $115.38 – $840.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $560.57 $79.53 – $700.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $539.81 $79.53 – $674.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $560.57 $85.10 – $840.86

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