Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex 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

$1,036.67

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,961.90

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.

$774.44 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 $774.44 ↓ -25%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $774.44 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $815.20 ↓ -21%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $831.50 ↓ -20%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +4%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,116.82 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,739.17 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,777.14 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↑ +72%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↑ +72%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,925.24 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,925.24 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,014.10 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,073.33 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,073.33 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,221.43 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,226.13 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,251.05 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,543.42 ↑ +145%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +152%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +177%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +177%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +177%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +177%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +177%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,924.02 ↑ +182%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,924.02 ↑ +182%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $2,952.69 ↑ +185%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↑ +196%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,137.00 ↑ +203%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,362.39 ↑ +224%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,965.11 ↑ +282%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,988.49 ↑ +285%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,300.03 ↑ +315%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,300.03 ↑ +315%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,300.04 ↑ +315%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,452.27 ↑ +329%
United Commercial|Charter $4,631.00 ↑ +347%
United Commercial|PPO $5,145.00 ↑ +396%
United Commercial|HMO $5,145.00 ↑ +396%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +400%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +597%

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Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $798.90 – $4,034.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,846.29 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,458.69 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,834.59 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,846.29 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,458.69 $85.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,458.69 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,834.59 $71.00 – $7,039.11

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