Brace fx hum ovr shldr sm 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

$165.75

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.

$473.55

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.

$99.45 with BCBS-TX vs $355.17 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $99.45 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $104.19 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Exchange $113.66 ↓ -31%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $123.13 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $127.86 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $132.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $142.07 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $142.07 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $142.07 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $142.07 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|PPO $146.81 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $146.81 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial|PPO $198.90 ↑ +20%
Humana Commercial|HMO $198.90 ↑ +20%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $284.13 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $307.81 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $307.81 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $307.81 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $331.49 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $331.49 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $355.17 ↑ +114%

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Brace fx hum ovr shldr sm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $405.66 – $889.97
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $289.80 $210.98 – $1,490.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $132.15 $132.15 – $792.86
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $289.80 $331.20 – $1,407.60
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $289.80 $331.20 – $1,838.16
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $132.15 $132.15 – $792.86
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $132.15 $132.15 – $792.86
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $289.80 $331.20 – $1,490.40

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