Nasal endoscopy with removal of nasal foreign body 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

$62.37

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$178.20

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$11.86 with CHC vs $9,158.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $11.86 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $11.86 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $12.48 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.50 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $34.25 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $78.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $106.92 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $115.83 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $115.83 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $115.83 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $121.18 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $124.74 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $124.74 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $133.65 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $135.44 ↑ +117%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $152.73 ↑ +145%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $195.49 ↑ +213%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $232.60 ↑ +273%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $232.60 ↑ +273%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $232.60 ↑ +273%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $232.60 ↑ +273%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $237.25 ↑ +280%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $237.25 ↑ +280%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $239.58 ↑ +284%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $248.88 ↑ +299%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $248.88 ↑ +299%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $295.28 ↑ +373%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $348.90 ↑ +459%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $348.90 ↑ +459%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $348.90 ↑ +459%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $350.26 ↑ +462%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $353.79 ↑ +467%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $390.99 ↑ +527%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +1194%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +1458%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +2587%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +3796%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +3796%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +3867%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +4308%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +4308%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↑ +5205%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↑ +5746%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +14583%

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Nasal endoscopy with removal of nasal foreign body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $354.33 – $354.33
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $704.92 $254.55 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,141.64 $116.34 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,039.68 $37.30 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,650.92 $71.00 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,141.64 $116.34 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,039.68 $75.50 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,039.68 $151.01 – $605.10

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