Cdna analysis for variants 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

$569.21

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.

$1,626.30

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.

$147.79 with TCHP vs $1,219.73 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $147.79 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $147.79 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $155.57 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $158.68 ↓ -72%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -67%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -67%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -67%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $188.90 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $188.90 ↓ -67%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $190.76 ↓ -66%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $198.16 ↓ -65%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $198.16 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $213.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $270.39 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Exchange $277.80 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|PPO $277.80 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|HMO $277.80 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Charter $277.80 ↓ -51%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $277.80 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $277.80 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $277.80 ↓ -51%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $305.58 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $351.88 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $441.98 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $485.38 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $487.71 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $603.75 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $666.79 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $811.18 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $950.08 ↑ +67%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $959.52 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $975.78 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,057.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,057.10 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,105.89 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,138.41 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,138.41 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,219.73 ↑ +114%

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Cdna analysis for variants at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $152.46 – $762.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $750.00 $10.00 – $444.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $750.00 $12.00 – $444.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $750.00 $12.00 – $444.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $750.00 $10.00 – $444.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $750.00 $12.00 – $444.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $750.00 $8.00 – $444.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $750.00 $12.00 – $444.48

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