Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$8,038.80
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.
$22,968.00
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.
$2,403.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $19,024.28 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 | $2,403.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,900.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,309.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,646.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4,969.00 | ↓ -38% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,006.59 | ↓ -38% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,006.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,270.09 | ↓ -34% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5,375.49 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $7,220.02 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $7,337.00 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $7,431.36 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $8,150.00 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,150.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,158.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $9,512.14 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $11,358.94 | ↑ +41% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $11,358.94 | ↑ +41% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $11,358.94 | ↑ +41% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $11,358.94 | ↑ +41% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $11,586.12 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $11,586.12 | ↑ +44% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $11,699.71 | ↑ +46% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $12,154.07 | ↑ +51% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $12,154.07 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $13,780.80 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $14,367.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $14,929.20 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14,929.20 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $15,618.24 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $16,077.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $16,077.60 | ↑ +100% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $16,442.68 | ↑ +105% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $16,797.53 | ↑ +109% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $17,038.41 | ↑ +112% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $17,038.41 | ↑ +112% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $17,038.41 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $17,042.59 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $17,226.00 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $19,024.28 | ↑ +137% |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $29,130.18 | $5,164.69 – $17,240.76 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $28,837.03 | $5,270.09 – $36,046.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $22,824.58 | $71.00 – $34,236.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $20,749.61 | $71.00 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $28,837.03 | $5,270.09 – $36,046.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $22,824.58 | $85.00 – $34,236.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $22,824.58 | $5,270.09 – $34,236.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $20,749.61 | $71.00 – $31,124.42 |