Bausch health Ultrasound surg 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

$4,055.09

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.

$11,585.97

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $549.64 with MultiPlan — 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Exchange $175.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $183.22 ↓ -95%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $190.55 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Charter $205.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $212.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $212.53 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|PPO $227.19 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $227.19 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $271.16 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial|HMO $307.80 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|PPO $307.80 ↓ -92%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $439.71 ↓ -89%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $476.36 ↓ -88%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $476.36 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $476.36 ↓ -88%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $513.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $513.00 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $549.64 ↓ -86%

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Bausch health Ultrasound surg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,730.13 $100.00 – $1,325.50
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $3,730.13 $100.00 – $1,325.50
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $3,730.13 $100.00 – $1,325.50
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $3,730.13 $100.00 – $1,325.50
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $421.12 $180.48 – $721.92
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,730.13 $100.00 – $1,325.50

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