Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$1,286.62

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.

$3,676.05

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.

$165.06 with CHC vs $2,827.00 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $165.06 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $165.06 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $173.27 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $173.75 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $177.22 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $179.42 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $238.04 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $314.60 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $368.67 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $414.14 ↓ -68%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -58%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -58%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $542.10 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -57%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -57%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -57%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -55%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -37%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $808.71 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -37%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,176.34 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,286.62 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,507.19 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,168.87 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,205.63 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,389.44 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,389.44 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,499.72 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,573.24 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,573.24 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,757.04 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +120%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +120%

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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $170.28 – $699.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,698.91 $176.09 – $2,123.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,698.91 $349.69 – $2,548.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,698.91 $176.09 – $2,123.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,698.91 $176.09 – $2,123.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,698.91 $188.42 – $2,548.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,698.91 $176.09 – $2,548.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,698.91 $176.09 – $2,548.36

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