CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and 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

$5,050.85

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.

$14,431.00

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.

$332.67 with CHC vs $10,823.25 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $332.67 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $332.67 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $350.18 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $357.18 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -93%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -93%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -93%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $364.86 ↓ -93%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $364.86 ↓ -93%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -93%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -92%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $479.75 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $536.57 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $557.50 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $615.81 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $649.15 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $667.00 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↓ -84%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,092.56 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,183.74 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,315.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,477.76 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,661.05 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Charter $1,942.00 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|HMO $2,156.00 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|PPO $2,156.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $8,514.29 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $8,658.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $9,380.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,380.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,813.08 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $10,101.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $10,101.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,823.25 ↑ +114%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $8,083.29 $1,779.42 – $1,779.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,172.12 $332.94 – $5,215.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,788.88 $494.01 – $5,683.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,135.82 $332.94 – $5,169.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,172.12 $332.94 – $5,215.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,788.88 $332.94 – $5,683.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,788.88 $350.18 – $5,683.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,135.82 $332.94 – $6,203.74

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