Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< 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

$265.86

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.

$759.60

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.

$147.05 with BCBS-TX vs $5,160.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $147.05 ↓ -45%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $188.23 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $284.30 ↑ +7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $337.24 ↑ +27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $376.45 ↑ +42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↑ +65%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↑ +65%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↑ +65%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↑ +65%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $446.65 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $446.65 ↑ +68%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $451.03 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $455.76 ↑ +71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $468.54 ↑ +76%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $468.54 ↑ +76%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $493.74 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $493.74 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $493.74 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $516.53 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $531.72 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $531.72 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $569.70 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $577.30 ↑ +117%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $656.84 ↑ +147%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $656.84 ↑ +147%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $656.84 ↑ +147%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $663.76 ↑ +150%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +204%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +530%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +601%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +673%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +814%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +814%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +831%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +934%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +934%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +1841%

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HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,415.63 – $1,415.63
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