CT neck soft tissue without contrast 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

$1,986.95

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.

$5,677.00

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.

$99.51 with CHC vs $4,257.75 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $99.51 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $99.51 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $104.75 ↓ -95%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $106.84 ↓ -95%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -95%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -94%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $143.51 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $163.64 ↓ -92%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $190.54 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $326.82 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $347.45 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $433.75 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $487.55 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $667.00 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,315.00 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Charter $1,942.00 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|PPO $2,156.00 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $2,156.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,349.43 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,406.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,690.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,690.05 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,860.36 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,973.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,973.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,257.75 ↑ +114%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,886.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,466.86 $141.23 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,744.52 $99.77 – $2,180.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,466.86 $99.77 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,466.86 $104.75 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,744.52 $99.77 – $2,616.79

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