CT Angiogram of the Chest (for blood clot) 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

$3,421.25

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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.

$9,775.00

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.

$166.31 with TCHP vs $4,472.25 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 $166.31 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $166.31 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $175.06 ↓ -95%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -95%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -95%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $178.56 ↓ -95%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -95%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -95%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $239.83 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $266.04 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $267.46 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.47 ↓ -92%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $298.72 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $309.77 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $546.19 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $564.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $667.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $705.19 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $792.66 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,315.00 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Charter $1,942.00 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|PPO $2,156.00 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $2,156.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,518.17 ↑ +3%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,577.80 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,875.95 ↑ +13%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,875.95 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,054.84 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,174.10 ↑ +22%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,174.10 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,472.25 ↑ +31%

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CT Angiogram of the Chest (for blood clot) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $7,173.25 $171.56 – $391.77
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,925.32 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,774.58 $167.39 – $4,718.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,815.20 $236.02 – $4,222.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,579.30 $167.39 – $3,224.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,774.58 $167.39 – $4,718.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,815.20 $167.39 – $4,222.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,815.20 $175.06 – $4,222.80

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