Fetal non stress test 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

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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.

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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.

$14.99 with TCHP 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $14.99
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $14.99
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $15.78
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.10
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $21.62
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $27.36
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $35.61
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $49.23
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $61.09
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.08
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $96.14
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $201.50
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $201.50
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $201.50
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $201.50
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $205.53
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $205.53
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $207.54
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $215.60
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $215.60
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $284.89
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $302.25
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $302.25
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $302.25
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $419.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $462.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,161.00
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
PHCS Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Fetal non stress test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $10.15 – $37.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $567.54 $16.88 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $497.73 $15.78 – $622.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $567.54 $16.88 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $567.54 $15.78 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $497.73 $15.78 – $746.60

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