Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$6,333.60
Cash price 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.
$18,096.00
Gross charge 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.
$807.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $19,331.49 with Wellpoint — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $807.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $972.00 | ↓ -85% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,278.59 | ↓ -64% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,278.59 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,398.52 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $2,446.49 | ↓ -61% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $3,285.97 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,309.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,646.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $4,000.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $4,000.00 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4,078.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.46 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $5,742.67 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $6,021.00 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,690.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $6,690.00 | ↑ +6% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $7,483.38 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $8,673.83 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,158.00 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $10,288.95 | ↑ +62% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,474.69 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $10,857.60 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $11,485.34 | ↑ +81% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $11,762.40 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $11,762.40 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,762.40 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12,305.28 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $12,667.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $12,667.20 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $12,887.66 | ↑ +103% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $12,887.66 | ↑ +103% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $12,887.66 | ↑ +103% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $12,887.66 | ↑ +103% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $13,145.41 | ↑ +108% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $13,145.41 | ↑ +108% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $13,274.29 | ↑ +110% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,572.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $13,752.96 | ↑ +117% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $13,789.80 | ↑ +118% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $13,789.80 | ↑ +118% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $19,331.49 | ↑ +205% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $19,331.49 | ↑ +205% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $19,331.49 | ↑ +205% |
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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $24,175.43 | $2,350.55 – $10,408.59 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $9,350.33 | $2,398.52 – $37,869.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $11,254.17 | $71.00 – $32,603.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,437.59 | $71.00 – $32,603.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $9,350.33 | $2,398.52 – $37,869.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $11,254.17 | $85.00 – $32,603.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $11,254.17 | $2,398.52 – $32,603.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $9,350.33 | $2,398.52 – $37,869.50 |