Ghs ot dds rom at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$52.92
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.
$151.20
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.
$11.58 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 | $11.58 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $13.40 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $16.81 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $22.20 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $25.22 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $90.72 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $98.28 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $98.28 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $105.84 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $105.84 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $113.40 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $293.00 | ↑ +454% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $434.00 | ↑ +720% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $480.00 | ↑ +807% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $480.00 | ↑ +807% |
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Ghs ot dds rom at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $18.56 – $56.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $134.00 | $23.95 – $201.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $106.09 | $21.22 – $157.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $134.00 | $29.26 – $201.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $134.00 | $69.23 – $253.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $106.09 | $23.95 – $159.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $134.00 | $23.95 – $189.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $134.00 | $23.95 – $201.00 |