Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 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

$374.85

Cash price

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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.

$1,071.00

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.

$140.00 with Cigna vs $2,749.00 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -59%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $244.72 ↓ -35%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $244.72 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $257.60 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $262.75 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $352.91 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $457.51 ↑ +22%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $585.61 ↑ +56%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $642.60 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $696.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $696.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $696.15 ↑ +86%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +88%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $718.82 ↑ +92%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $718.82 ↑ +92%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $725.87 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $728.28 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $749.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $749.70 ↑ +100%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +101%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $803.25 ↑ +114%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $803.71 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $813.96 ↑ +117%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $884.51 ↑ +136%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,040.66 ↑ +178%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,049.22 ↑ +180%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,057.10 ↑ +182%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +182%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +182%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +187%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,171.22 ↑ +212%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +347%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +560%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +633%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +633%

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $252.45 – $1,061.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,270.09 $111.00 – $2,837.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,218.98 $71.00 – $1,828.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,026.01 $71.00 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,270.09 $257.60 – $2,837.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,218.98 $85.00 – $1,828.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,218.98 $257.60 – $1,828.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,026.01 $71.00 – $1,742.94

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