Ghs inj tendon origin/insertion 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

$183.02

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.

$522.90

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.

$20.57 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 $20.57 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $23.14 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $23.14 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $24.36 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.85 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $26.33 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $33.37 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $39.77 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $47.18 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $52.67 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $76.00 ↓ -58%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↑ +62%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↑ +62%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↑ +62%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $295.67 ↑ +62%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $301.58 ↑ +65%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $301.58 ↑ +65%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $304.54 ↑ +66%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $313.74 ↑ +71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $316.37 ↑ +73%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $316.37 ↑ +73%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $339.89 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $339.89 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $339.89 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $355.58 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $366.03 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $366.03 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $392.18 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $397.41 ↑ +117%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $436.92 ↑ +139%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $443.50 ↑ +142%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $443.50 ↑ +142%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $443.51 ↑ +142%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +341%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +431%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +816%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +918%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +1022%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +1252%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +1402%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +1402%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +2086%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +2086%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +2719%

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