Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set 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

$938.60

Cash price

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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.

$2,681.70

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.

$26.69 with BCBS-TX vs $95.29 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $26.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $27.96 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Exchange $30.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $31.77 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $33.04 ↓ -96%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $33.04 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $34.31 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Charter $35.58 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $36.85 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $36.85 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $38.12 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $38.12 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $38.12 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $38.12 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|PPO $39.39 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $39.39 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $47.01 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial|PPO $53.37 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|HMO $53.37 ↓ -94%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $76.23 ↓ -92%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $82.59 ↓ -91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.59 ↓ -91%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $82.59 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $88.94 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $88.94 ↓ -91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.29 ↓ -90%

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Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,867.64 $216.25 – $1,017.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,867.64 $157.10 – $1,144.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,867.64 $152.64 – $1,017.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,867.64 $203.53 – $1,017.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,867.64 $244.99 – $1,144.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,867.64 $394.33 – $1,144.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,867.64 $254.41 – $1,144.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,867.64 $203.53 – $1,017.63

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