Pt therapeutic procedure >=1 area massage each 15 minutes 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

$35.28

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.

$100.80

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.

$42.62 with BCBS - TX vs $480.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $42.62 ↑ +21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $49.33 ↑ +40%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $60.48 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $61.88 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $65.52 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $65.52 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $70.56 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $70.56 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $75.60 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $81.73 ↑ +132%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $92.82 ↑ +163%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +183%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +183%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +183%
United Commercial|Exchange $293.00 ↑ +730%
United Commercial|Charter $434.00 ↑ +1130%
United Commercial|PPO $480.00 ↑ +1261%
United Commercial|HMO $480.00 ↑ +1261%

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Pt therapeutic procedure >=1 area massage each 15 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $25.72 – $88.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $89.14 $25.26 – $134.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $122.39 $25.19 – $183.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.46 $21.89 – $136.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $89.14 $23.77 – $134.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $122.39 $39.29 – $183.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $122.39 $63.23 – $183.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $109.46 $36.49 – $164.20

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