Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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

$771.05

Cash price

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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.

$2,203.00

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.

$140.00 with United vs $1,652.25 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
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $169.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $175.74 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $308.15 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $351.91 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $361.11 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $387.58 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $405.65 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $475.57 ↓ -38%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,299.77 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,321.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,431.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,431.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,498.04 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,542.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,542.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,652.25 ↑ +114%

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $107.84 – $664.95
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $981.60 $463.42 – $463.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $340.20 $96.39 – $481.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $340.20 $70.02 – $510.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $340.20 $68.04 – $425.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $340.20 $90.72 – $481.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $340.20 $109.20 – $510.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $340.20 $175.77 – $510.30

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