Bone marrow imaging body 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

$761.36

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.

$2,175.30

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.

$222.83 with TCHP vs $2,827.00 with United — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $222.83 ↓ -71%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $222.83 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $234.56 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $239.25 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $307.44 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $318.34 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $321.35 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -47%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -47%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -47%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -46%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -46%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -43%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $558.18 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↓ -21%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -21%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $654.12 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $696.10 ↓ -9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $731.83 ↓ -4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $734.79 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $761.36 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $891.88 ↑ +17%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,283.43 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,305.18 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,413.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,413.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,479.21 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,522.71 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,522.71 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,631.48 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +271%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +271%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $229.87 – $1,192.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $452.36 $225.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $973.73 $200.43 – $1,460.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,010.08 $225.20 – $1,262.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $452.36 $225.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $973.73 $240.96 – $1,460.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $973.73 $225.20 – $1,460.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,010.08 $225.20 – $1,515.11

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