Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$182.35

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.

$521.00

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.

$50.79 with TCHP vs $390.75 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $50.79 ↓ -72%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $50.79 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $53.46 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.53 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $73.24 ↓ -60%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -42%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -42%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -40%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -40%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $113.69 ↓ -38%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -37%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $125.22 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $153.66 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $158.03 ↓ -13%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -12%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -12%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $163.64 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $166.80 ↓ -9%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $286.92 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $307.39 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $312.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $336.24 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $338.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $338.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $354.28 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $364.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $364.70 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $377.71 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $390.75 ↑ +114%

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $51.79 – $214.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $293.20 $60.35 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.82 $53.46 – $376.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $293.20 $57.20 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $293.20 $53.46 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $300.82 $53.46 – $451.23

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