Exc ben+marg excep skin tag snhfg 2.1-3cm 11423 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

$974.30

Cash price

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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.

$2,783.70

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.

$93.92 with BCBS-TX vs $5,160.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $93.92 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $99.16 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $99.16 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $104.38 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $106.47 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $120.22 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $143.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $181.58 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $215.40 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $240.44 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $325.67 ↓ -67%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↓ -0%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +67%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +67%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +70%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,670.22 ↑ +71%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↑ +72%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +78%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +78%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,809.41 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,809.41 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,809.41 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,892.92 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,948.59 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,948.59 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,087.78 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,115.62 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +136%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↑ +142%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +149%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +149%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +150%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +150%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +288%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +288%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +430%

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Exc ben+marg excep skin tag snhfg 2.1-3cm 11423 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $102.29 – $904.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,838.60 $71.00 – $4,257.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,303.15 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,838.60 $85.00 – $4,257.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,838.60 $104.38 – $4,257.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,303.15 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,838.60 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $2,838.60 $71.00 – $4,257.90

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