Biliary endo perq dx w/speci 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

$1,414.67

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.

$4,041.90

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 $30,902.00 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↓ -24%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $1,093.96 ↓ -23%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,093.96 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,151.54 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,174.57 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,577.61 ↑ +12%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,332.01 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,425.14 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,627.24 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,627.24 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,748.50 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,829.33 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,829.33 ↑ +100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,984.97 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,031.43 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $3,071.85 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,592.80 ↑ +154%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,677.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,508.54 ↑ +219%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +267%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,320.57 ↑ +276%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,348.06 ↑ +278%
United Commercial|Charter $5,428.00 ↑ +284%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,969.93 ↑ +322%
United Commercial|PPO $6,032.00 ↑ +326%
United Commercial|HMO $6,032.00 ↑ +326%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6,249.86 ↑ +342%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $6,249.86 ↑ +342%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $6,249.86 ↑ +342%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $6,249.86 ↑ +342%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $6,374.86 ↑ +351%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $6,374.86 ↑ +351%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $6,437.36 ↑ +355%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $6,687.35 ↑ +373%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6,687.35 ↑ +373%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $9,374.79 ↑ +563%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $9,374.79 ↑ +563%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $9,374.79 ↑ +563%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11,164.00 ↑ +689%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12,302.00 ↑ +770%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30,902.00 ↑ +2084%

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Biliary endo perq dx w/speci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,128.51 – $5,410.25
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $4,262.78 $1,128.51 – $6,535.84
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $6,238.05 $4,812.21 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
Ascension Providence Waco $1,286.28 $758.25 – $5,876.65

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