Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm 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

$4,326.70

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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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$12,362.00

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.

$462.13 with TCHP vs $9,395.12 with Aetna — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $462.13 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $462.13 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $486.45 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $496.18 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $666.44 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,029.45 ↓ -76%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,317.70 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,517.72 ↓ -65%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -62%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -62%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -62%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↓ -61%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↓ -60%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,990.27 ↓ -54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,360.87 ↓ -45%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,635.39 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↓ -34%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +67%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,417.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,035.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8,035.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,406.16 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,653.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,653.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,271.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $9,395.12 ↑ +117%

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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $521.99 – $2,388.32
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,747.44 $1,715.75 – $3,432.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,951.16 $566.62 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,131.00 $71.00 – $4,696.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,131.00 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,951.16 $566.62 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,131.00 $85.00 – $4,696.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,131.00 $566.62 – $4,696.50

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