Insertion intra-aortic circulation dev 33970 at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$826.88
Cash price 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.
$2,362.50
Gross charge 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.
$157.11 with TCHP 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.11 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $168.69 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $226.57 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $277.86 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $355.66 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $515.97 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $537.20 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $637.23 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $711.32 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $1,417.50 | ↑ +71% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,535.63 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $1,535.63 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,535.63 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,606.50 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,653.75 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $1,653.75 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,771.88 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,795.50 | ↑ +117% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +194% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +194% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,748.00 | ↑ +232% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,309.00 | ↑ +300% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,646.00 | ↑ +341% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $4,058.00 | ↑ +391% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,508.00 | ↑ +445% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $4,508.00 | ↑ +445% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,158.00 | ↑ +1008% |
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Insertion intra-aortic circulation dev 33970 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $3,397.30 – $3,397.30 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $463.10 – $4,826.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $3,397.30 – $3,397.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $3,397.30 – $3,397.30 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $437.54 – $789.12 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $3,397.30 – $3,397.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $3,397.30 – $3,397.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $3,397.30 – $3,397.30 |