Nushield 1 square cm at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$508.26
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.
$1,452.15
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.
$134.13 with United vs $918.23 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.
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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $134.13 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $201.95 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $201.95 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $201.95 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $269.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $284.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $299.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $299.80 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $304.96 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $318.32 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $318.32 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $319.48 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $377.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $377.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $391.78 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $392.09 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $435.65 | ↓ -14% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $587.67 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $587.67 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $734.58 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $795.80 | ↑ +57% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $795.80 | ↑ +57% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $857.01 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $857.01 | ↑ +69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $857.01 | ↑ +69% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $918.23 | ↑ +81% |
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Nushield 1 square cm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $92.65 – $1,282.60 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $833.29 | $56.17 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $833.29 | $40.81 – $297.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $833.29 | $39.65 – $247.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $833.29 | $52.87 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $833.29 | $63.64 – $297.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $833.29 | $102.43 – $297.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $833.29 | $66.08 – $297.37 |