Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$232.05

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.

$663.00

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.

$40.32 with TCHP vs $497.25 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 $40.32 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $40.32 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $42.44 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $43.29 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $58.14 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -62%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -62%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -61%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -61%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $92.62 ↓ -60%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $102.01 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -52%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $125.17 ↓ -46%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↓ -43%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $132.41 ↓ -43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↑ +16%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $391.17 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $397.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $430.95 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $430.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $450.84 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $464.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $464.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $497.25 ↑ +114%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $41.59 – $175.02
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.06 $55.59 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $264.55 $42.44 – $330.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.06 $45.41 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $270.06 $42.44 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $264.55 $42.44 – $396.83

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