Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous 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

$1,317.40

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.

$3,764.00

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.

$204.35 with BCBS-TX vs $9,158.00 with Cigna — 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 $204.35 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $250.31 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $250.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $261.56 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $263.48 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $268.75 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $360.97 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $395.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $468.63 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $523.12 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $822.06 ↓ -38%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,258.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +84%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +84%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,446.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,446.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,446.60 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,559.52 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,634.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,634.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,823.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,860.64 ↑ +117%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↑ +151%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↑ +177%
United Commercial|Exchange $5,560.00 ↑ +322%
United Commercial|Charter $8,210.00 ↑ +523%
United Commercial|HMO $9,121.00 ↑ +592%
United Commercial|PPO $9,121.00 ↑ +592%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +595%

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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $2,498.46 – $2,498.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,560.92 $460.46 – $7,877.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,507.27 $310.25 – $2,260.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,671.11 $334.22 – $2,088.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,560.92 $337.85 – $7,877.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,507.27 $483.83 – $2,260.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,507.27 $778.76 – $2,260.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,671.11 $427.76 – $2,506.66

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