Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$208.25

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.

$595.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $1,604.00 with United — 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -52%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↓ -2%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↓ -2%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↓ -2%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↓ -2%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $207.79 ↓ -0%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $207.79 ↓ -0%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $209.83 ↑ +1%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $217.98 ↑ +5%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $217.98 ↑ +5%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $268.58 ↑ +29%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $305.58 ↑ +47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $305.58 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $305.58 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $310.89 ↑ +49%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $314.34 ↑ +51%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $357.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $386.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $386.75 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $390.00 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $416.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $416.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $446.25 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $515.09 ↑ +147%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $584.99 ↑ +181%
United Commercial|Exchange $978.00 ↑ +370%
United Commercial|Charter $1,443.00 ↑ +593%
United Commercial|HMO $1,604.00 ↑ +670%
United Commercial|PPO $1,604.00 ↑ +670%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $362.79 $160.71 – $430.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $254.71 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.79 $66.81 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $196.34 $40.41 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $185.17 $37.03 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $235.79 $62.88 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $196.34 $63.03 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $196.34 $101.44 – $3,235.82

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