Endoluminl ivus oct c ea 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

$565.43

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.

$1,615.50

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 $2,749.00 with United — 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 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $107.44 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $115.35 ↓ -80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.81 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $135.22 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $154.93 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $169.62 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $224.03 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $254.43 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $352.83 ↓ -38%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $969.30 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,050.08 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,050.08 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,098.54 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,130.85 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,130.85 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,211.63 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,227.78 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +338%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +386%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +386%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $8,569.11 $187.22 – $187.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,739.50 $245.63 – $5,297.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,466.77 $241.63 – $3,700.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,158.95 $241.63 – $2,698.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,739.50 $187.22 – $5,297.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,466.77 $295.24 – $3,700.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,466.77 $1,274.50 – $3,700.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,158.95 $241.63 – $3,238.43

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