Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads 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

$6,063.12

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.

$17,323.20

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.

$1,233.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $35,161.38 with BCBS-TX — 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Exchange $8,773.00 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +51%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $9,375.06 ↑ +55%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $9,375.06 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $9,868.48 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10,065.85 ↑ +66%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $10,393.92 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $11,260.08 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,260.08 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $11,260.08 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,779.78 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $12,126.24 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $12,126.24 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Charter $12,952.00 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,992.40 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $13,165.64 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $13,519.82 ↑ +123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $13,734.92 ↑ +127%
United Commercial|HMO $14,390.00 ↑ +137%
United Commercial|PPO $14,390.00 ↑ +137%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17,580.69 ↑ +190%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $19,102.06 ↑ +215%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $19,102.06 ↑ +215%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $19,102.06 ↑ +215%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $19,102.06 ↑ +215%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $19,484.10 ↑ +221%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $19,484.10 ↑ +221%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $19,675.12 ↑ +225%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $20,439.20 ↑ +237%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20,439.20 ↑ +237%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $26,554.17 ↑ +338%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $28,653.09 ↑ +373%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $28,653.09 ↑ +373%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $28,653.09 ↑ +373%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $30,789.66 ↑ +408%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $31,145.15 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $31,498.74 ↑ +420%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $35,161.38 ↑ +480%

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