Embolization s&i 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

$729.86

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.

$2,085.30

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $1,563.98 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
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $104.68 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $108.39 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $190.05 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $222.72 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $250.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,230.33 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,251.18 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,355.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,355.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,418.01 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,459.71 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,459.71 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,563.98 ↑ +114%

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Embolization s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $19,132.28 $130.66 – $5,444.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,060.05 $148.48 – $4,335.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,160.96 $249.45 – $4,741.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $705.22 $141.04 – $881.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,060.05 $170.01 – $4,335.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,160.96 $303.64 – $4,741.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,160.96 $1,633.16 – $4,741.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $705.22 $235.07 – $1,057.83

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