Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$64.89
Cash price 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.
$185.40
Gross charge 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.
$39.31 with KELSEY vs $171.50 with BCBS-TX — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -39% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -39% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $40.10 | ↓ -38% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $40.10 | ↓ -38% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -38% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -35% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $47.70 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $47.70 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $47.70 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $47.70 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $48.81 | ↓ -25% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $56.61 | ↓ -13% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $58.97 | ↓ -9% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $58.97 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $58.97 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $63.52 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $97.37 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $107.44 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $108.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $109.39 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $111.24 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.51 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $120.51 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $126.08 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $129.78 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $129.78 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $139.05 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $146.42 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $146.91 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $171.50 | ↑ +164% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $290.73 | $33.84 – $448.81 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $179.62 | $10.00 – $224.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $181.17 | $12.00 – $271.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $181.17 | $12.00 – $226.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $179.62 | $10.00 – $224.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $181.17 | $12.00 – $271.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $181.17 | $8.00 – $271.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $181.17 | $12.00 – $271.75 |