Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$5,296.10

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.

$15,131.70

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $11,348.78 with MultiPlan — 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -98%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -97%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -97%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -97%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -97%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -97%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -97%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -97%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $201.99 ↓ -96%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $233.81 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.07 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $293.30 ↓ -94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $387.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $439.95 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,006.26 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,080.41 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,451.14 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,304.77 ↓ -38%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $9,079.02 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $9,835.61 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,835.61 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $10,592.19 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $10,592.19 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,348.78 ↑ +114%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $8,583.64 $323.74 – $323.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $34,741.90 $50.66 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34,741.90 $45.84 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $34,741.90 $79.01 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $34,741.90 $127.17 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96

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