Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$3,086.37
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.
$8,818.20
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.
$1,528.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $14,672.35 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.
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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| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $1,528.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,842.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,309.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,646.00 | ↑ +18% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,311.39 | ↑ +40% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,311.39 | ↑ +40% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,538.30 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4,629.07 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4,853.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $5,290.92 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $5,731.39 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $5,731.83 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,731.83 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $5,731.83 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,996.38 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $6,172.74 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $6,172.74 | ↑ +100% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $6,217.47 | ↑ +101% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,613.65 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $6,701.84 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $7,164.00 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $7,336.18 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,961.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $7,961.00 | ↑ +158% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $8,289.39 | ↑ +169% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,289.39 | ↑ +169% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $8,289.39 | ↑ +169% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $8,289.39 | ↑ +169% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,455.18 | ↑ +174% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $8,455.18 | ↑ +174% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $8,538.07 | ↑ +177% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $8,869.65 | ↑ +187% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $8,869.65 | ↑ +187% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,158.00 | ↑ +197% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $11,080.68 | ↑ +259% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $12,434.08 | ↑ +303% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $12,434.08 | ↑ +303% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $12,434.09 | ↑ +303% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $13,143.98 | ↑ +326% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13,643.65 | ↑ +342% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $14,159.50 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $14,672.35 | ↑ +375% |
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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $24,031.81 | $4,447.53 – $13,296.82 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $10,799.55 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $11,687.71 | $2,405.72 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,465.05 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $10,799.55 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $11,687.71 | $4,855.98 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $11,687.71 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $9,465.05 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |