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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

$3,121.02

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.

$8,917.20

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.

$1,062.31 with CHC 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $1,062.31 ↓ -66%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,062.31 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,118.22 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,140.58 ↓ -63%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,531.96 ↓ -51%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,025.00 ↓ -35%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,025.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,078.46 ↓ -33%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,660.43 ↓ -15%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +1%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +1%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +1%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↑ +3%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↑ +3%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00 ↑ +5%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +8%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +8%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,488.85 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,677.00 ↑ +18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,018.36 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +52%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +52%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,766.60 ↑ +53%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,787.23 ↑ +53%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00 ↑ +68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,320.86 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,350.32 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Charter $5,428.00 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5,796.18 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,796.18 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $6,032.00 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|PPO $6,032.00 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,063.70 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,242.04 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,242.04 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,687.90 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $6,777.08 ↑ +117%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00 ↑ +189%

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