CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (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

$4,700.85

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.

$13,431.00

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.

$178.70 with CHC vs $10,073.25 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 $178.70 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $178.70 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $188.11 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $191.87 ↓ -96%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -95%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -95%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $246.95 ↓ -95%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $246.95 ↓ -95%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $257.71 ↓ -95%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↓ -94%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $340.24 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $363.17 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $363.17 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $363.17 ↓ -92%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $384.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $396.17 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $586.90 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $667.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $722.42 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $901.86 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,013.72 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,315.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Charter $1,942.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $2,156.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|PPO $2,156.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $7,924.29 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $8,058.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8,730.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,730.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,133.08 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $9,401.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $9,401.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,073.25 ↑ +114%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $6,422.46 $1,085.97 – $1,085.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,538.08 $188.11 – $4,422.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,837.26 $314.76 – $4,255.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,629.39 $188.11 – $4,536.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,538.08 $188.11 – $4,422.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,837.26 $201.28 – $4,255.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,837.26 $188.11 – $4,255.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,629.39 $188.11 – $5,444.08

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