Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr 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

$128.10

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.

$366.00

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.

$24.34 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 $24.34 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $24.34 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $25.62 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.14 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $35.10 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $41.26 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $52.81 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $79.76 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $79.94 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $94.62 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $105.62 ↓ -18%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +1%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +1%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +1%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +3%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +3%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +4%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +8%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +20%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +51%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↑ +51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +51%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $219.60 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $237.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $237.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $237.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $248.88 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $256.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $256.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $274.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $278.16 ↑ +117%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +202%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +530%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +659%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1208%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +1797%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +1797%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +1831%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +2046%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +2046%

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Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $95.72 – $95.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $272.23 $56.03 – $408.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $259.27 $51.85 – $324.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $272.23 $85.00 – $408.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $272.23 $140.65 – $408.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $259.27 $71.00 – $388.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $272.23 $54.45 – $340.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $272.23 $68.06 – $408.35

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