Cysto impl 4 or more 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

$4,830.00

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.

$13,800.00

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.

$1,732.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $30,902.00 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,732.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,089.00 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $5,468.22 ↑ +13%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $5,468.22 ↑ +13%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,699.16 ↑ +18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $5,756.02 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,871.14 ↑ +22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $6,050.95 ↑ +25%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,174.09 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,174.09 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,459.05 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,649.02 ↑ +38%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,649.02 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,123.95 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00 ↑ +48%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $7,218.94 ↑ +49%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7,745.21 ↑ +60%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $7,885.75 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00 ↑ +65%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +92%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +92%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $9,447.37 ↑ +96%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $9,447.37 ↑ +96%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $9,539.99 ↑ +98%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $9,910.48 ↑ +105%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9,910.48 ↑ +105%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11,164.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $11,698.50 ↑ +142%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12,302.00 ↑ +155%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13,801.57 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $13,876.84 ↑ +187%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $13,893.19 ↑ +188%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $13,893.19 ↑ +188%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $13,893.20 ↑ +188%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $15,490.43 ↑ +221%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $17,958.78 ↑ +272%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30,902.00 ↑ +540%

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Cysto impl 4 or more at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $5,640.90 – $14,038.20
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $8,715.36 – $10,084.91
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $5,640.90 – $12,908.69
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $6,176.44 – $16,539.26
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $5,640.90 – $14,038.20
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $5,640.90 – $14,360.92
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $6,176.44 – $14,360.92
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $6,176.44 – $16,539.26

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