Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$779.94
Cash price 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.
$2,228.40
Gross charge 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.
$34.92 with BCBS-TX vs $2,749.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $34.92 | ↓ -96% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $40.24 | ↓ -95% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $40.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.36 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $43.21 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $44.70 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $58.03 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $67.51 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $80.08 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $89.40 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $132.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $140.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $154.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $387.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↓ -11% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↓ -11% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↓ -11% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $707.51 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $707.51 | ↓ -9% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $714.45 | ↓ -8% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $742.19 | ↓ -5% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $742.19 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $807.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $972.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,040.46 | ↑ +33% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,040.46 | ↑ +33% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $1,040.46 | ↑ +33% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,061.91 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $1,337.04 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,448.46 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $1,448.46 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,515.32 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,559.88 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $1,559.88 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,671.30 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,693.59 | ↑ +117% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +212% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | ↑ +217% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +252% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +252% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $41.51 – $336.16 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,107.19 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,088.05 | $45.33 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,008.92 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,107.19 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,088.05 | $45.33 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,088.05 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,008.92 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |