Ankle arthroscopy/surgery 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

$1,484.28

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.

$4,240.80

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 $9,029.00 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 ↓ -30%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $1,033.86 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,088.27 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,110.04 ↓ -25%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,490.93 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,053.09 ↑ +38%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,544.48 ↑ +71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,627.95 ↑ +77%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,756.52 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,756.52 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,883.75 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,968.56 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,968.56 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,180.60 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $3,223.01 ↑ +117%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +119%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +119%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +119%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +119%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00 ↑ +120%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,314.87 ↑ +123%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,314.87 ↑ +123%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,347.37 ↑ +126%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,395.40 ↑ +129%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +134%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00 ↑ +142%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,969.30 ↑ +167%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +169%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +169%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,708.41 ↑ +217%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,735.90 ↑ +219%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00 ↑ +227%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,874.81 ↑ +228%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,874.81 ↑ +228%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,874.81 ↑ +228%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00 ↑ +254%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,255.90 ↑ +254%
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00 ↑ +383%
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00 ↑ +436%
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00 ↑ +436%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00 ↑ +508%

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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,066.50 – $4,763.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,515.98 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,927.23 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,515.98 $85.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,515.98 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,927.23 $71.00 – $8,890.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $4,515.98 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $4,515.98 $71.00 – $8,018.48

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