Ghs low level laser therapy at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$36.54
Cash price 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.
$104.40
Gross charge 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.
$16.31 with BCBS - TX vs $480.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $16.31 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $18.88 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $23.68 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $31.28 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $35.52 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $62.64 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $67.86 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $67.86 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $73.08 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $73.08 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $78.30 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↑ +174% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↑ +174% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↑ +174% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $293.00 | ↑ +702% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $434.00 | ↑ +1088% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $480.00 | ↑ +1214% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $480.00 | ↑ +1214% |
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Ghs low level laser therapy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $360.36 | $26.14 – $38.23 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $26.34 | $19.10 – $46.36 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $43.00 – $43.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $26.14 – $38.23 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $26.14 – $38.23 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $38.09 – $38.09 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $26.14 – $38.23 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $26.14 – $38.23 |