Pq kyphplsty 1 bdy lumb w/img 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

$5,456.85

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.

$15,591.00

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 $11,848.94 with Aetna — 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 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,089.00 ↓ -62%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $2,278.59 ↓ -58%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $2,278.59 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $2,398.52 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,446.49 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $3,285.97 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $4,486.46 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00 ↓ -11%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $5,742.67 ↑ +5%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7,155.30 ↑ +31%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7,155.30 ↑ +31%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $7,155.30 ↑ +31%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $7,155.30 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00 ↑ +31%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $7,298.41 ↑ +34%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $7,298.41 ↑ +34%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $7,369.96 ↑ +35%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,483.38 ↑ +37%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7,656.17 ↑ +40%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $7,656.17 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00 ↑ +46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $8,673.83 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $9,354.42 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,133.96 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $10,133.96 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $10,288.95 ↑ +89%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $10,474.69 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,601.68 ↑ +94%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $10,732.95 ↑ +97%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $10,732.95 ↑ +97%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $10,732.95 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $10,913.49 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $10,913.49 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $11,485.34 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,693.03 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $11,848.94 ↑ +117%

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Pq kyphplsty 1 bdy lumb w/img at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $2,350.55 – $10,408.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $10,430.78 $2,398.52 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10,620.65 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $12,736.87 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $10,430.78 $2,398.52 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $10,620.65 $85.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $10,620.65 $2,398.52 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $12,736.87 $71.00 – $19,105.31

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