Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm 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

$96.60

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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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$276.00

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.

$18.36 with TCHP vs $2,749.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.71 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $26.47 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $60.28 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $131.05 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $165.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $167.74 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $179.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $179.40 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $179.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $187.68 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $193.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $193.20 ↑ +100%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +106%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +106%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +106%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +106%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↑ +110%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↑ +110%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $204.99 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $207.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $209.76 ↑ +117%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +120%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $253.36 ↑ +162%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +209%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +209%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $298.53 ↑ +209%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $300.30 ↑ +211%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $300.54 ↑ +211%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $335.48 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +301%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1635%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +2416%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +2416%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +2461%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +2746%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +2746%

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Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $304.03 – $304.03
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $506.21 $218.41 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $480.84 $111.00 – $601.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $552.05 $71.00 – $828.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $695.56 $71.00 – $869.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $480.84 $128.22 – $601.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $552.05 $85.00 – $828.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $552.05 $285.22 – $828.07

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