Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$224.28

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.

$640.80

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $979.00 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
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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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -55%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -30%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -30%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -30%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -30%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -29%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -28%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -25%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $201.99 ↓ -10%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↑ +4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $233.81 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↑ +5%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↑ +5%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.07 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $293.30 ↑ +31%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $384.48 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $387.38 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $416.52 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $416.52 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $439.95 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $448.56 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $448.56 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $480.60 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Exchange $597.00 ↑ +166%
United Commercial|Charter $881.00 ↑ +293%
United Commercial|HMO $979.00 ↑ +337%
United Commercial|PPO $979.00 ↑ +337%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,899.19 $256.06 – $323.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $405.67 $114.94 – $507.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $539.93 $111.14 – $809.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $600.80 $120.16 – $751.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $405.67 $108.18 – $507.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $539.93 $173.32 – $809.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $539.93 $278.96 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $600.80 $200.27 – $901.20

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