Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$666.54
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.
$1,904.40
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.
$83.91 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $83.91 | ↓ -87% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $91.00 | ↓ -86% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $91.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.79 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $97.71 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $107.40 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $131.23 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $162.23 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $192.43 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $214.81 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $298.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $807.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $972.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $1,142.64 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $1,237.86 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,237.86 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,237.86 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,295.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,333.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $1,333.08 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,428.30 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,447.35 | ↑ +117% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +143% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +143% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +143% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,655.32 | ↑ +148% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,655.32 | ↑ +148% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,671.55 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | ↑ +151% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,736.46 | ↑ +161% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,736.46 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $1,864.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $2,054.00 | ↑ +208% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,352.97 | ↑ +253% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +265% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +265% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $2,434.29 | ↑ +265% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,434.29 | ↑ +265% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,434.29 | ↑ +265% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | ↑ +271% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +312% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +312% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,160.00 | ↑ +674% |
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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $93.87 – $807.77 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,351.58 | $95.79 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,143.48 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,230.41 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,351.58 | $95.79 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,143.48 | $85.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,143.48 | $95.79 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,230.41 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |