Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$5,882.94

Cash price

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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.

$16,808.40

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.

$1,676.65 with CHC vs $12,606.30 with MultiPlan — 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $1,676.65 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,676.65 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,764.89 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,800.19 ↓ -69%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,403.00 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,417.90 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,900.00 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,715.43 ↓ -37%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $4,755.75 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,506.46 ↓ -6%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $5,710.76 ↓ -3%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5,710.76 ↓ -3%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $5,710.76 ↓ -3%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,710.76 ↓ -3%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5,824.98 ↓ -1%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5,824.98 ↓ -1%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5,882.08 ↓ -0%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $6,110.51 ↑ +4%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6,110.51 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00 ↑ +22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $7,183.17 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00 ↑ +35%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8,288.48 ↑ +41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8,520.73 ↑ +45%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $8,566.14 ↑ +46%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $8,566.14 ↑ +46%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8,566.14 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9,511.51 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $10,085.04 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $10,925.46 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,925.46 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,429.72 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $11,765.88 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $11,765.88 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,606.30 ↑ +114%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $29,130.18 $1,729.59 – $8,619.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $9,712.25 $71.00 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14,186.89 $71.00 – $17,733.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $9,712.25 $85.00 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $9,712.25 $1,764.89 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $14,186.89 $71.00 – $21,280.33

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