Egd/remov tum/polyp/hot bx forcep 43250 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

$688.59

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.

$1,967.40

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.

$536.72 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 $536.72 ↓ -22%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $536.72 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $564.97 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $576.27 ↓ -16%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $774.01 ↑ +12%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,168.05 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,180.44 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,278.81 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,278.81 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,337.84 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,377.18 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,377.18 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,475.55 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,495.10 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,495.23 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,762.71 ↑ +156%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↑ +159%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↑ +159%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +176%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +176%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +176%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +176%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,938.06 ↑ +181%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,938.06 ↑ +181%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,957.06 ↑ +184%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2,033.06 ↑ +195%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,033.06 ↑ +195%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,258.23 ↑ +228%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +234%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +279%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,678.73 ↑ +289%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,716.18 ↑ +294%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,850.09 ↑ +314%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,850.09 ↑ +314%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,850.09 ↑ +314%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +318%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,990.21 ↑ +334%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +394%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +449%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +449%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +653%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +949%

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