Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$543.90
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.
$1,554.00
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.
$100.00 with Cigna vs $648.12 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.
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 |
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| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $183.02 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $191.73 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $209.16 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $217.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $226.59 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $226.59 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $235.31 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $244.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $252.74 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $252.74 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $261.45 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $270.17 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $270.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $322.46 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $366.03 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $366.03 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $518.49 | ↓ -5% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $561.70 | ↑ +3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $561.70 | ↑ +3% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $566.48 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $604.91 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $604.91 | ↑ +11% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $648.12 | ↑ +19% |
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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $3,011.58 | $189.58 – $1,339.20 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $3,011.58 | $337.20 – $1,264.80 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $743.40 | $134.03 – $725.96 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $3,011.58 | $337.20 – $1,651.68 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $3,011.58 | $327.36 – $1,339.20 |