X-ray temporomandibular joint open/closed mouth bilateral 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

$493.15

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.

$1,409.00

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.

$53.13 with Wellpoint vs $1,409.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $53.13 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.13 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $53.13 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $54.19 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $54.19 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.19 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $55.79 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $61.10 ↓ -88%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $71.19 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $72.79 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $81.82 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -82%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $88.19 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -82%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -82%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -82%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -81%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $97.01 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.72 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $112.72 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↓ -76%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $119.06 ↓ -76%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $123.47 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $132.28 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $132.67 ↓ -73%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $146.11 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $151.05 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $165.77 ↓ -66%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $165.77 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $179.29 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↓ -45%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $286.62 ↓ -42%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $380.43 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $493.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $509.78 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $662.23 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $774.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $774.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $774.95 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $831.31 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $845.40 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $915.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $915.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $915.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $958.12 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $986.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $986.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $986.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,056.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,164.12 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,197.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,409.00 ↑ +186%

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X-ray temporomandibular joint open/closed mouth bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $493.15 $53.13 – $1,409.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $53.13 – $250.70
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $52.07 – $250.70
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $53.13 – $250.70
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $706.38 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.80 $53.13 – $597.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $268.76 $55.32 – $403.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $277.69 $53.13 – $347.12

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