Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint 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

$778.37

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.

$2,223.90

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.

$1,033.86 with TCHP vs $7,221.00 with Cigna — 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 $1,033.86 ↑ +33%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $1,033.86 ↑ +33%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +38%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,088.27 ↑ +40%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,110.04 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +67%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,334.34 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,445.54 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,445.54 ↑ +86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,490.93 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,512.26 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,556.73 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,556.73 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,667.93 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,690.17 ↑ +117%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,053.09 ↑ +164%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +235%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,627.95 ↑ +238%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +269%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,137.00 ↑ +303%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +318%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +318%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +318%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +318%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,314.87 ↑ +326%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,314.87 ↑ +326%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,347.37 ↑ +330%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,395.40 ↑ +336%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +347%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +347%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,969.30 ↑ +410%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +414%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +414%
United Commercial|Charter $4,631.00 ↑ +495%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,708.41 ↑ +505%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,735.90 ↑ +508%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,874.81 ↑ +526%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,874.81 ↑ +526%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,874.81 ↑ +526%
United Commercial|PPO $5,145.00 ↑ +561%
United Commercial|HMO $5,145.00 ↑ +561%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +566%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,255.90 ↑ +575%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +828%

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Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,066.50 – $4,763.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,914.52 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,635.57 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,375.84 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,914.52 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,635.57 $85.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,635.57 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,375.84 $71.00 – $8,018.48

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