Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm 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

$3,202.40

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.

$9,149.70

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.

$219.92 with BCBS-TX vs $749.70 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $219.92 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Exchange $226.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $238.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $249.90 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $249.90 ↓ -92%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $259.90 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $289.89 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $289.89 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $289.89 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $299.88 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $299.88 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $299.88 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $309.88 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Charter $309.88 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|PPO $340.41 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $340.41 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $369.86 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial|HMO $419.84 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial|PPO $419.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $599.76 ↓ -81%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $649.74 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $649.74 ↓ -80%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $649.74 ↓ -80%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $699.72 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $699.72 ↓ -78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $749.70 ↓ -77%

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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $158.33 – $363.80
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,722.91 not published
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $877.10 $194.72 – $1,113.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,645.35 $158.33 – $3,575.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,028.25 $179.09 – $6,169.50
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $877.10 $226.10 – $1,113.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $877.10 $226.10 – $1,113.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,645.35 $158.33 – $6,581.40

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