Drainage of rectal abscess 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

$595.98

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.

$1,702.80

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.

$407.80 with CHC 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $407.80 ↓ -32%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $407.80 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $429.26 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $437.85 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $588.09 ↓ -1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $753.17 ↑ +26%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $964.05 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,021.68 ↑ +71%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +81%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,106.82 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,106.82 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,157.91 ↑ +94%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,180.99 ↑ +98%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,180.99 ↑ +98%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,180.99 ↑ +98%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,180.99 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,191.96 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,191.96 ↑ +100%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,204.61 ↑ +102%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,204.61 ↑ +102%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,216.42 ↑ +104%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,263.66 ↑ +112%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,263.66 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,277.10 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,294.13 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +118%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,339.29 ↑ +125%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,456.12 ↑ +144%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,727.26 ↑ +190%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,734.13 ↑ +191%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,771.48 ↑ +197%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,771.48 ↑ +197%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,771.49 ↑ +197%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↑ +199%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↑ +199%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,928.10 ↑ +224%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +286%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +338%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +382%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +470%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +534%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +534%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +770%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +1112%

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Drainage of rectal abscess at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $420.67 – $1,747.34
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,299.90 $429.26 – $2,923.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,778.55 $459.31 – $4,167.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,382.16 $429.26 – $2,977.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,299.90 $429.26 – $2,923.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,778.55 $459.31 – $4,167.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,778.55 $429.26 – $4,167.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,382.16 $429.26 – $3,573.23

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