App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq 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

$2,004.80

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.

$5,728.00

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.

$1,076.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $6,032.00 with United — 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↓ -35%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $1,384.74 ↓ -31%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,384.74 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,457.62 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,486.77 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,996.94 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,232.97 ↑ +11%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +21%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +21%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,858.20 ↑ +43%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,436.80 ↑ +71%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,666.90 ↑ +83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,666.90 ↑ +83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,666.90 ↑ +83%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3,666.90 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,677.00 ↑ +83%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,723.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,723.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,723.20 ↑ +86%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,740.24 ↑ +87%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,740.24 ↑ +87%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,776.91 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,895.04 ↑ +94%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,923.58 ↑ +96%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,923.58 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,009.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,009.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,296.00 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,317.07 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,353.28 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,547.77 ↑ +127%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,120.94 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Charter $5,428.00 ↑ +171%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $5,500.35 ↑ +174%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5,500.35 ↑ +174%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,500.35 ↑ +174%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,716.40 ↑ +185%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,888.55 ↑ +194%
United Commercial|PPO $6,032.00 ↑ +201%
United Commercial|HMO $6,032.00 ↑ +201%

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,534.54 – $5,180.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,033.56 $1,220.13 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,108.85 $71.00 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,168.39 $71.00 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,033.56 $1,254.03 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,108.85 $85.00 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,108.85 $1,565.86 – $8,887.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,168.39 $71.00 – $8,887.48

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