Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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

$1,088.50

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.

$3,110.00

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.

$99.51 with TCHP vs $2,332.50 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.

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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 $99.51 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $99.51 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $104.75 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -90%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -90%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -90%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $106.84 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -90%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -90%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -90%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -90%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $129.07 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $133.65 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $143.51 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -85%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $234.34 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $274.62 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $279.19 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $307.48 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $308.49 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $326.82 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $377.29 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,834.90 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,866.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,021.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,021.50 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,114.80 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,177.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,177.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,332.50 ↑ +114%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $102.66 – $527.53
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,488.91 $352.43 – $352.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $652.36 $134.28 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $607.12 $99.77 – $758.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $652.36 $99.77 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $652.36 $104.75 – $978.54

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