Adh-sendout 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

$56.39

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.

$161.10

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.

$27.08 with TCHP vs $161.10 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 $27.08 ↓ -52%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $27.08 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $28.51 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.08 ↓ -48%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↓ -40%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↓ -40%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↓ -40%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $34.62 ↓ -39%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $34.62 ↓ -39%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $34.96 ↓ -38%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $36.32 ↓ -36%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $36.32 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $39.06 ↓ -31%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $49.55 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $50.91 ↓ -10%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $50.91 ↓ -10%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $50.91 ↓ -10%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $56.00 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Charter $62.85 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|HMO $62.85 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Exchange $62.85 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|PPO $62.85 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $64.49 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $80.97 ↑ +44%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $88.95 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $89.34 ↑ +58%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $96.66 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $104.72 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $104.72 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $109.55 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $110.64 ↑ +96%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $112.77 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $112.77 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $120.83 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $122.14 ↑ +117%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $148.66 ↑ +164%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $161.10 ↑ +186%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $414.60 $12.00 – $84.38
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $414.60 $12.00 – $101.25
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