Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 1 les 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

$5,628.35

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.

$16,081.00

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.

$1,069.39 with TCHP vs $48,650.64 with BCBS-TX — 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 $1,069.39 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,148.19 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,542.17 ↓ -73%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,351.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,835.00 ↓ -50%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,512.10 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Exchange $9,113.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $9,648.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,452.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $10,452.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,935.08 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $11,256.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $11,256.70 ↑ +100%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11,358.94 ↑ +102%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $11,358.94 ↑ +102%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $11,358.94 ↑ +102%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11,358.94 ↑ +102%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $11,586.12 ↑ +106%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $11,586.12 ↑ +106%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $11,699.71 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,060.75 ↑ +114%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12,154.07 ↑ +116%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $12,154.07 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|Charter $13,454.00 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|PPO $14,947.00 ↑ +166%
United Commercial|HMO $14,947.00 ↑ +166%
Humana Commercial|HMO $16,200.00 ↑ +188%
Humana Commercial|PPO $16,200.00 ↑ +188%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $16,797.53 ↑ +198%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $16,927.00 ↑ +201%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $17,038.41 ↑ +203%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $17,038.41 ↑ +203%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $17,038.41 ↑ +203%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $18,652.00 ↑ +231%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $19,519.71 ↑ +247%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19,618.79 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $31,508.97 ↑ +460%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $43,795.48 ↑ +678%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46,852.00 ↑ +732%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $48,650.64 ↑ +764%

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