Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 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

$1,916.46

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.

$5,475.60

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.

$499.42 with CHC vs $7,221.00 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $499.42 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $499.42 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $525.71 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $536.22 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $720.22 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,072.96 ↓ -44%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,373.39 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,640.22 ↓ -14%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -10%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -10%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -10%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,761.81 ↓ -8%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,761.81 ↓ -8%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,779.08 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↓ -7%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17 ↓ -4%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17 ↓ -4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,074.38 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,460.65 ↑ +28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,501.99 ↑ +31%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89 ↑ +35%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,590.89 ↑ +35%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,746.77 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,285.36 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +77%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,559.14 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,559.14 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,723.41 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,832.92 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,832.92 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,106.70 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,161.46 ↑ +117%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +171%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +277%

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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $515.20 – $2,489.26
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,998.45 $1,285.00 – $8,567.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,028.48 $748.73 – $5,877.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,998.45 $1,285.00 – $8,567.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,998.45 $1,285.00 – $8,567.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,028.48 $3,232.35 – $5,877.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,998.45 $2,313.09 – $8,567.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $1,028.48 $2,131.01 – $6,523.47

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