Drainage of arm bursa 23931 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

$715.68

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.

$2,044.80

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.

$462.13 with TCHP vs $7,221.00 with Cigna — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $462.13 ↓ -35%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $462.13 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $486.45 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $496.18 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $666.44 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,029.45 ↑ +44%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,226.88 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,317.70 ↑ +84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,329.12 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,329.12 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,390.47 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,431.36 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,431.36 ↑ +100%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,517.72 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,533.60 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,554.05 ↑ +117%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +127%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +127%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +127%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +127%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +131%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +131%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↑ +134%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +143%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,990.27 ↑ +178%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +222%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↑ +229%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,360.87 ↑ +230%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +240%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +240%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,635.39 ↑ +268%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +302%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +375%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +428%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +428%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +459%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +459%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +624%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +909%

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Drainage of arm bursa 23931 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $476.72 – $2,388.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,155.93 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,197.48 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,697.35 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,155.93 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,197.48 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,197.48 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,697.35 $71.00 – $4,016.35

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