Guide wire threaded 1.4x150mm 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

$2,048.08

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.

$5,851.65

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.

$6.40 with BCBS-TX vs $19.80 with PHCS — 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 $6.40 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6.70 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.31 ↓ -100%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $7.62 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7.92 ↓ -100%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7.92 ↓ -100%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $8.19 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8.23 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Charter $8.53 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.84 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.84 ↓ -100%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $8.88 ↓ -100%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.88 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.14 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $9.14 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $9.14 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9.14 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $9.44 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $9.44 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $9.56 ↓ -100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $9.56 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.24 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $11.27 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial|HMO $12.79 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial|PPO $12.79 ↓ -99%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $19.80 ↓ -99%

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Guide wire threaded 1.4x150mm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $5,492.08 not published
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,634.11 $8.64 – $19,766.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $2,582.48 $4.46 – $31.50
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $567.79 $7.35 – $61.16
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $6,634.11 $8.64 – $40,285.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $6,634.11 $8.64 – $40,285.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $2,582.48 $14.20 – $49.70
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $6,634.11 $8.64 – $40,285.00

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