Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center

4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3,921.05

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.

$11,203.00

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.

$149.19 with TCHP vs $9,339.21 with BCBS-TX — 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|All Plans $149.19 ↓ -96%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $149.19 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $157.04 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $160.18 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $205.39 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $215.14 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $226.21 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $277.58 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.96 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -20%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -20%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -20%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -18%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -18%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↓ -17%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -14%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,907.50 ↓ -0%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,046.07 ↑ +3%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +21%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +21%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,787.23 ↑ +22%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $6,609.77 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6,721.80 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $7,094.48 ↑ +81%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,281.95 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,281.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,618.04 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $7,842.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $7,842.10 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8,313.84 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,402.25 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9,339.21 ↑ +138%

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $153.90 – $4,877.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,569.56 $734.73 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,683.78 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,569.56 $168.03 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,569.56 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,683.78 $157.04 – $7,896.23

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