Connector tis 2x10mm 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

$4,193.55

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.

$11,981.55

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.

$2,447.78 with BCBS-TX vs $8,742.04 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,447.78 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,564.34 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,797.46 ↓ -33%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,914.02 ↓ -31%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $3,030.58 ↓ -28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,030.58 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,032.33 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,147.14 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,196.80 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,196.80 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Charter $3,263.70 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,380.26 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,380.26 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,496.82 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|HMO $3,613.38 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|PPO $3,613.38 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,312.74 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,895.55 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,895.55 ↑ +17%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6,993.63 ↑ +67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,576.44 ↑ +81%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,576.44 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,576.44 ↑ +81%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,159.24 ↑ +95%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,159.24 ↑ +95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,742.04 ↑ +108%

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Connector tis 2x10mm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $2,562.20 – $2,562.20
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,727.06 not published
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $10,031.00 $2,562.20 – $2,562.20
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,638.97 $2,990.99 – $13,595.40
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3,934.53 $1,161.54 – $11,869.20
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $6,638.97 $2,990.99 – $13,595.40
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $6,638.97 $2,990.99 – $13,595.40
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $3,934.53 $1,161.54 – $11,209.80

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