Cystouretero w/lithotripsy 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

$4,650.10

Cash price

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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.

$13,286.00

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.

$1,528.00 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 ↓ -67%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,604.96 ↓ -65%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $1,604.96 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,689.43 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,723.22 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,842.00 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,314.52 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,511.00 ↓ -46%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,511.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,173.72 ↓ -32%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,062.36 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,078.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +10%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +10%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +10%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $5,091.86 ↑ +10%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5,193.70 ↑ +12%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5,193.70 ↑ +12%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5,244.62 ↑ +13%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,271.02 ↑ +13%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5,448.29 ↑ +17%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5,448.29 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Charter $6,021.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6,135.85 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|HMO $6,690.00 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|PPO $6,690.00 ↑ +44%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,089.00 ↑ +52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7,278.39 ↑ +57%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7,378.07 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7,637.79 ↑ +64%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7,637.79 ↑ +64%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $7,637.79 ↑ +64%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,971.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $8,124.71 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,635.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8,635.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,034.48 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $9,300.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $9,300.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,964.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $10,097.36 ↑ +117%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11,164.00 ↑ +140%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12,302.00 ↑ +165%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30,902.00 ↑ +565%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $7,440.61 $71.00 – $12,818.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $6,914.84 $71.00 – $12,818.21
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