Cystoscopy prostatic imp 1-3 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

$3,816.86

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.

$10,905.30

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.

$1,528.00 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 $1,528.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,842.00 ↓ -52%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $2,641.74 ↓ -31%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $2,641.74 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $2,780.78 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,836.40 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,137.00 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,173.72 ↓ -17%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $3,809.67 ↓ -0%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,062.36 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|Charter $4,631.00 ↑ +21%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +33%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +33%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +33%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|HMO $5,145.00 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|PPO $5,145.00 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5,193.70 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5,193.70 ↑ +36%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5,244.62 ↑ +37%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5,448.29 ↑ +43%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5,448.29 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6,135.85 ↑ +61%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6,543.18 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,088.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,088.45 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7,278.39 ↑ +91%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7,378.07 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,415.61 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $7,633.71 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $7,633.71 ↑ +100%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7,637.79 ↑ +100%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $7,637.79 ↑ +100%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7,637.79 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $8,124.71 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,178.98 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $8,288.03 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $8,676.03 ↑ +127%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11,164.00 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12,302.00 ↑ +222%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30,902.00 ↑ +710%

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Cystoscopy prostatic imp 1-3 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $2,725.16 – $7,363.02
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $5,289.53 – $8,715.36
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $2,725.16 – $6,770.59
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,983.89 – $8,674.82
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2,460.29 – $9,013.35
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $2,725.16 – $7,363.02
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $2,725.16 – $7,532.28
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $2,983.89 – $7,532.28

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