Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems 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

$64.89

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$185.40

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.

$59.50 with KELSEY vs $287.00 with United — 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

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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↓ -8%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↓ -8%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↓ -8%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↓ -8%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $60.69 ↓ -6%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $60.69 ↓ -6%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $61.28 ↓ -6%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $63.66 ↓ -2%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $63.66 ↓ -2%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $80.31 ↑ +24%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $89.25 ↑ +38%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $89.25 ↑ +38%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $89.25 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $92.97 ↑ +43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $93.09 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $109.39 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $111.24 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $116.62 ↑ +80%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $120.51 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $120.51 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $126.08 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $129.78 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $129.78 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $139.05 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $154.03 ↑ +137%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $174.93 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Exchange $175.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Charter $258.00 ↑ +298%
United Commercial|HMO $287.00 ↑ +342%
United Commercial|PPO $287.00 ↑ +342%

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Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $128.72 – $259.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $206.68 $56.30 – $258.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $192.35 $39.59 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $186.58 $37.32 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $206.68 $55.12 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $192.35 $56.30 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $192.35 $99.38 – $288.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $186.58 $56.30 – $279.87

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