Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$1,261.58
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.
$3,604.50
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.
$458.35 with BCBS-TX 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.
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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $458.35 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $474.60 | ↓ -62% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -57% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $549.92 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $549.92 | ↓ -56% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $555.31 | ↓ -56% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $576.88 | ↓ -54% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $576.88 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $808.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $808.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $808.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $818.35 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $832.18 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $975.21 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,095.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $1,153.44 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $1,261.58 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,477.85 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,723.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $2,126.66 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $2,162.70 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $2,342.93 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,342.93 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,451.06 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,523.15 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $2,523.15 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,544.00 | ↑ +102% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,703.38 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,827.00 | ↑ +124% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,827.00 | ↑ +124% |
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Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $4,395.60 | $572.12 – $6,178.54 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,254.06 | $518.17 – $2,817.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,081.21 | $428.38 – $3,121.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,987.70 | $397.54 – $2,484.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,254.06 | $518.17 – $2,817.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,081.21 | $518.17 – $3,121.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,081.21 | $1,075.29 – $3,121.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,987.70 | $518.17 – $2,981.56 |