Cv line/pic reposition 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

$401.31

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.

$1,146.60

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.

$423.96 with TCHP vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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 $423.96 ↑ +6%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $423.96 ↑ +6%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $446.27 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $455.20 ↑ +13%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $611.39 ↑ +52%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $687.96 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $745.29 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $745.29 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $745.29 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $779.69 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $802.62 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $802.62 ↑ +100%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $859.95 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $871.42 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +142%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,223.35 ↑ +205%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,392.36 ↑ +247%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96 ↑ +288%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96 ↑ +288%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96 ↑ +288%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96 ↑ +288%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,565.88 ↑ +290%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,587.08 ↑ +295%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,587.08 ↑ +295%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,602.64 ↑ +299%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,664.88 ↑ +315%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,664.88 ↑ +315%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +318%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +364%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +412%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,333.94 ↑ +482%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,333.94 ↑ +482%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,333.94 ↑ +482%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,351.61 ↑ +486%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,365.14 ↑ +489%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +506%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +506%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +516%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +585%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +585%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,805.54 ↑ +599%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,131.77 ↑ +680%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +1186%

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HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $437.34 – $2,838.17
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,521.69 $446.27 – $3,967.42
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,632.29 $85.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,632.29 $446.27 – $3,967.42
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