Device sut capio slim opn 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

$3,840.75

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.

$10,973.55

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.

$2,304.45 with BCBS-TX vs $8,230.17 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,304.45 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,414.19 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,633.66 ↓ -31%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,743.39 ↓ -29%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,853.13 ↓ -26%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,853.13 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,962.86 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $3,072.60 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,182.33 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,182.33 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,292.07 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,292.07 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,292.07 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,292.07 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|PPO $3,401.81 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $3,401.81 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,060.22 ↑ +6%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,608.90 ↑ +20%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,608.90 ↑ +20%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6,584.13 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,132.81 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,132.81 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,132.81 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $7,681.49 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $7,681.49 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,230.17 ↑ +114%

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Device sut capio slim opn at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,825.12 not published
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,028.09 $429.98 – $2,047.50
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $725.20 $447.05 – $3,158.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $3,313.65 $3,313.65 – $19,881.86
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,028.09 $429.98 – $2,047.50
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,028.09 $429.98 – $2,047.50
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $725.20 $701.80 – $2,982.65
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,028.09 $429.98 – $2,047.50

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