Natriuretic peptide at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$152.60
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.
$436.00
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.
$31.33 with TCHP vs $201.40 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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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.33 | ↓ -79% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.33 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $32.98 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $33.64 | ↓ -78% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -74% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $40.05 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $40.05 | ↓ -74% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $40.44 | ↓ -73% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $42.01 | ↓ -72% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $42.01 | ↓ -72% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $45.18 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $57.32 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $58.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $58.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $58.89 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $62.85 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $62.85 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $62.85 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $62.85 | ↓ -59% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $64.78 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $74.59 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $93.36 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $102.90 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $103.01 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $127.99 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $140.84 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $159.60 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $171.96 | ↑ +13% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $172.90 | ↑ +13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $172.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $180.88 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $186.20 | ↑ +22% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $186.20 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $199.50 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $201.40 | ↑ +32% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Natriuretic peptide at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $360.87 | $35.33 – $151.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $906.00 | $10.00 – $305.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $906.00 | $12.00 – $333.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $906.00 | $12.00 – $261.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $906.00 | $10.00 – $305.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $906.00 | $12.00 – $333.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $906.00 | $8.00 – $333.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $906.00 | $12.00 – $314.27 |