X-ray xm phrnx&/crv esoph c+ 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

$271.95

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.

$777.00

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.

$62.16 with TCHP vs $777.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $62.16 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.16 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $83.30 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $94.89 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $96.79 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $96.79 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $97.56 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $97.56 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $99.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $99.63 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.19 ↓ -59%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $128.38 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $130.73 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $133.66 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -49%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $150.24 ↓ -45%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $178.31 ↓ -34%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -34%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $178.31 ↓ -34%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -34%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $178.31 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $180.09 ↓ -34%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -33%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -33%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -32%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -30%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -30%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $196.14 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $209.79 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $225.43 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -15%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $240.72 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $248.28 ↓ -9%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $249.63 ↓ -8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $256.93 ↓ -6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $266.04 ↓ -2%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $267.46 ↓ -2%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -2%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -2%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $267.46 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $271.95 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $274.60 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $281.12 ↑ +3%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $298.72 ↑ +10%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $304.39 ↑ +12%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $304.39 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $304.64 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Optum $365.19 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $427.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $427.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $427.35 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $458.43 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $466.20 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $466.48 ↑ +72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $505.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $505.05 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $505.05 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $528.36 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $543.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $543.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $543.90 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $546.66 ↑ +101%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $579.51 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $582.75 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $614.08 ↑ +126%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $641.96 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $660.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $777.00 ↑ +186%

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X-ray xm phrnx&/crv esoph c+ at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $271.95 $85.47 – $777.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $97.56 – $426.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $92.99 – $426.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $94.89 – $426.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $200.39 $94.89 – $455.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $256.03 $52.70 – $455.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $362.98 $94.89 – $455.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $200.39 $94.89 – $455.16

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