Esoph egd dilation <30 mm 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

$813.33

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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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$2,323.80

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.

$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 ↓ -34%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $536.72 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $564.97 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $576.27 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $774.01 ↓ -5%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,168.05 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,394.28 ↑ +71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,495.10 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,510.47 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,510.47 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,580.19 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,626.66 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,626.66 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,742.85 ↑ +114%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,762.71 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,766.09 ↑ +117%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↑ +119%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↑ +119%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +134%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +134%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +134%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +134%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,938.06 ↑ +138%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,938.06 ↑ +138%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,957.06 ↑ +141%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2,033.06 ↑ +150%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,033.06 ↑ +150%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,258.23 ↑ +178%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +183%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +221%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,678.73 ↑ +229%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,716.18 ↑ +234%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,850.09 ↑ +250%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,850.09 ↑ +250%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,850.09 ↑ +250%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +253%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,990.21 ↑ +268%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +318%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +365%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +365%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +538%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +788%

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Esoph egd dilation <30 mm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $553.67 – $2,709.88
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,962.24 $1,256.62 – $7,034.24
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,962.24 $1,277.84 – $6,330.82
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $2,026.08 $1,869.82 – $2,793.46
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $8,408.35 $1,644.61 – $3,855.30
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $1,759.38 $1,869.82 – $4,524.95
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $1,962.24 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,946.75 – $3,432.54

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