Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$110.25
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.
$315.00
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.
$48.18 with BCBS-TX vs $2,749.00 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.
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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $48.18 | ↓ -56% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.39 | ↓ -52% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.39 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.20 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $57.32 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $61.67 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $76.99 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $93.15 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $110.49 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $123.34 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $140.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $154.00 | ↑ +40% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $175.34 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $189.00 | ↑ +71% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $194.45 | ↑ +76% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $194.45 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $194.45 | ↑ +76% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $194.45 | ↑ +76% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $198.34 | ↑ +80% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $198.34 | ↑ +80% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $200.28 | ↑ +82% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $204.75 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $204.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $204.75 | ↑ +86% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $208.06 | ↑ +89% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $208.06 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $214.20 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $220.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $220.50 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $236.25 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $239.40 | ↑ +117% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $275.29 | ↑ +150% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $291.68 | ↑ +165% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $291.68 | ↑ +165% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $291.68 | ↑ +165% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $387.00 | ↑ +251% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | ↑ +1420% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +2104% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +2104% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | ↑ +2144% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +2393% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +2393% |
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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $55.08 – $463.81 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $325.51 | $56.20 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $242.14 | $49.84 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $231.71 | $56.20 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $325.51 | $56.20 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $242.14 | $60.13 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $242.14 | $56.20 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $231.71 | $56.20 – $490.70 |