Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$131.25

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.

$375.00

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.

$53.52 with KELSEY vs $281.25 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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -59%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↓ -58%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↓ -58%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -56%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Exchange $67.05 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|PPO $67.05 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $67.05 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Charter $67.05 ↓ -49%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $72.23 ↓ -45%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $80.28 ↓ -39%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↓ -39%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $83.09 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $93.99 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $94.91 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $104.73 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $143.17 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $161.27 ↑ +23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $216.68 ↑ +65%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $221.25 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $225.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $243.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $243.75 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $253.78 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $255.00 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $262.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $262.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $281.25 ↑ +114%

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $315.34 $49.76 – $412.24
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $640.93 $35.00 – $248.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $610.41 $31.58 – $230.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $610.41 $28.95 – $180.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $640.93 $35.00 – $248.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $610.41 $36.00 – $230.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $610.41 $26.00 – $230.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $610.41 $36.00 – $217.14

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