Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl 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

$253.89

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.

$725.40

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.

$48.24 with TCHP vs $3,778.00 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 $48.24 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $48.24 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $50.78 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $51.80 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $69.57 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $158.43 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $435.24 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $471.51 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $471.51 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $471.51 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $493.28 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $507.78 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $507.78 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $544.05 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $551.31 ↑ +117%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $589.44 ↑ +132%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $754.48 ↑ +197%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +270%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +270%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +270%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $939.08 ↑ +270%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $957.86 ↑ +277%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $957.86 ↑ +277%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $967.25 ↑ +281%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,004.82 ↑ +296%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,004.82 ↑ +296%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,139.58 ↑ +349%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,351.78 ↑ +432%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,353.15 ↑ +433%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,408.62 ↑ +455%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,408.62 ↑ +455%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,408.62 ↑ +455%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,508.97 ↑ +494%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +807%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +857%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +857%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +1239%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +1388%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +1388%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,367.50 – $1,367.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $692.00 $196.07 – $2,245.59
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,041.25 $85.00 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,041.25 $537.98 – $2,245.59
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