Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage 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

$90.72

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$259.20

Gross charge

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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.

$17.24 with CHC 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $17.24 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $17.24 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $18.15 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.51 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $24.86 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $56.61 ↓ -38%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $155.52 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $168.48 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $168.48 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $168.48 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $176.26 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $181.44 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $181.44 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $189.83 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $194.40 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $197.00 ↑ +117%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $242.98 ↑ +168%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +244%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +244%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +244%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +244%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $318.14 ↑ +251%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $318.14 ↑ +251%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $321.26 ↑ +254%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↑ +268%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↑ +268%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $367.00 ↑ +305%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $435.33 ↑ +380%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $442.58 ↑ +388%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↑ +416%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↑ +416%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $467.85 ↑ +416%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $485.95 ↑ +436%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +790%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +971%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1747%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +1955%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +2164%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +2579%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +2579%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +2627%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +2930%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +2930%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +5588%

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Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $440.39 – $440.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $505.63 $143.26 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $227.28 $46.78 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $130.25 $26.05 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $505.63 $134.84 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $227.28 $72.96 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $227.28 $117.43 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $130.25 $43.42 – $777.56

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