Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd 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

$11,058.08

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.

$31,594.50

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 $68,464.97 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Exchange $11,817.00 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Charter $17,447.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $18,956.70 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|PPO $19,384.00 ↑ +75%
United Commercial|HMO $19,384.00 ↑ +75%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $20,536.43 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20,536.43 ↑ +86%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $20,846.71 ↑ +89%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $20,846.71 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21,484.26 ↑ +94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $21,943.90 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $22,116.15 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $22,116.15 ↑ +100%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $22,382.78 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23,695.88 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $24,011.82 ↑ +117%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $24,211.98 ↑ +119%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $30,063.14 ↑ +172%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $30,991.33 ↑ +180%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $32,113.52 ↑ +190%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $32,113.52 ↑ +190%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $32,113.52 ↑ +190%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $32,113.52 ↑ +190%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $32,755.79 ↑ +196%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $32,755.79 ↑ +196%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $33,076.93 ↑ +199%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $34,361.47 ↑ +211%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $34,361.47 ↑ +211%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $46,809.83 ↑ +323%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $48,170.28 ↑ +336%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $48,170.28 ↑ +336%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $48,170.28 ↑ +336%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $54,930.81 ↑ +397%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $55,526.14 ↑ +402%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $61,982.67 ↑ +461%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $68,464.97 ↑ +519%

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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $141,664.76 $21,505.02 – $56,171.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $55,859.92 $6,299.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59,661.21 $12,280.27 – $89,491.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $43,759.87 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $55,859.92 $21,943.90 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $59,661.21 $15,811.00 – $89,491.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $59,661.21 $21,943.90 – $89,491.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $43,759.87 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55

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