Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral 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

$870.80

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.

$2,488.00

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.

$129.11 with HUMANA vs $1,866.00 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -85%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↓ -85%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $159.18 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $184.26 ↓ -79%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $220.16 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $231.14 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $242.48 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Exchange $245.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $297.52 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $305.28 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $346.72 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Charter $361.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $401.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|PPO $401.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,492.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,617.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,617.20 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,741.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,741.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,866.00 ↑ +114%

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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $254.40 – $706.64
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $954.58 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $608.33 $126.97 – $760.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $539.59 $111.06 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $547.85 $109.57 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $608.33 $126.97 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $539.59 $126.97 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $539.59 $278.79 – $809.38

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