Perq nl/pl lithotrp cplx>2cm 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

$2,976.12

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.

$8,503.20

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.

$1,732.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $30,902.00 with Cigna — 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,732.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,089.00 ↓ -30%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -18%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -18%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $3,156.16 ↑ +6%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $3,156.16 ↑ +6%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $3,322.27 ↑ +12%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,388.72 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,078.00 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $4,551.51 ↑ +53%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,101.92 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,527.08 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5,527.08 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,527.08 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,782.18 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $5,952.24 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $5,952.24 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Charter $6,021.00 ↑ +102%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $6,050.95 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,377.40 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $6,462.44 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|HMO $6,690.00 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|PPO $6,690.00 ↑ +125%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7,745.21 ↑ +160%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +211%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +211%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +211%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $9,262.13 ↑ +211%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $9,447.37 ↑ +217%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $9,447.37 ↑ +217%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $9,539.99 ↑ +221%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $9,910.48 ↑ +233%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9,910.48 ↑ +233%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,365.48 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11,164.00 ↑ +275%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $11,698.50 ↑ +293%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12,302.00 ↑ +313%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13,801.57 ↑ +364%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $13,876.84 ↑ +366%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $13,893.19 ↑ +367%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $13,893.19 ↑ +367%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $13,893.20 ↑ +367%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $15,490.43 ↑ +420%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30,902.00 ↑ +938%

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Perq nl/pl lithotrp cplx>2cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $3,255.82 – $14,038.20
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $10,114.58 $3,322.27 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $9,232.63 $71.00 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,976.07 $71.00 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $10,114.58 $3,322.27 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $9,232.63 $85.00 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $9,232.63 $3,322.27 – $22,821.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $7,976.07 $71.00 – $22,821.27

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