Clearance of airways at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$65.84
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.
$188.10
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.
$112.86 with Cigna Lifesource vs $5,160.00 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.
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 Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $112.86 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $122.27 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $122.27 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $127.91 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $131.67 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $131.67 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $137.97 | ↑ +110% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $141.08 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $142.96 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $176.60 | ↑ +168% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $203.72 | ↑ +209% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $203.72 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $203.72 | ↑ +209% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $203.72 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $207.79 | ↑ +216% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $207.79 | ↑ +216% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $209.83 | ↑ +219% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $217.98 | ↑ +231% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $217.98 | ↑ +231% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $266.74 | ↑ +305% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $305.58 | ↑ +364% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $305.58 | ↑ +364% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $305.58 | ↑ +364% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $314.34 | ↑ +377% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $316.41 | ↑ +381% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $353.20 | ↑ +436% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $807.00 | ↑ +1126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $972.00 | ↑ +1376% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $1,345.00 | ↑ +1943% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $1,345.00 | ↑ +1943% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | ↑ +2446% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $1,864.00 | ↑ +2731% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $2,054.00 | ↑ +3020% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | ↑ +3658% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +4075% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +4075% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,487.00 | ↑ +6715% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,160.00 | ↑ +7737% |
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Clearance of airways at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $320.09 – $320.09 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $278.30 | $78.85 – $528.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $203.35 | $41.86 – $528.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $246.73 | $49.35 – $528.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $278.30 | $74.21 – $528.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $203.35 | $65.27 – $528.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $203.35 | $105.06 – $3,235.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $246.73 | $71.00 – $528.37 |