Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$55.13

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.

$157.50

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.

$10.48 with TCHP vs $4,000.00 with Humana — 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 $10.48 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $10.48 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $11.03 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.25 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $15.11 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $34.40 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $41.26 ↓ -25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $52.81 ↓ -4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $79.76 ↑ +45%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $94.50 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $94.62 ↑ +72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $102.38 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $102.38 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $102.38 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $105.62 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $107.10 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $110.25 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $110.25 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $118.13 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $119.70 ↑ +117%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +134%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +134%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +134%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +134%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +139%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +139%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +141%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +151%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +151%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +154%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +179%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↑ +242%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +251%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +251%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↑ +251%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +602%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +2940%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +4388%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +4886%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +4886%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +7156%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +7156%

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