Renal cyst study s&i at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$563.24
Cash price 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.
$1,609.25
Gross charge 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.
$77.28 with TCHP vs $1,609.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.28 | ↓ -86% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.35 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $82.98 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $90.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $90.00 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $111.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $138.20 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $140.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $152.21 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $186.77 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $209.00 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.00 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $253.81 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↓ -2% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↓ -2% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↓ -2% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $560.17 | ↓ -1% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $560.17 | ↓ -1% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $565.67 | ↑ +0% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $587.63 | ↑ +4% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $587.63 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $679.03 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $703.11 | ↑ +25% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $808.04 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $823.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $823.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $823.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $949.46 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $965.55 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $1,046.02 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,046.02 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,046.02 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,094.29 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $1,126.48 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,126.48 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,206.94 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,232.84 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,444.74 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,609.25 | ↑ +186% |
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Renal cyst study s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $706.71 | $145.46 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $820.15 | $81.35 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $706.71 | $87.04 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $706.71 | $81.35 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $820.15 | $81.35 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $706.71 | $81.35 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $706.71 | $81.35 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $820.15 | $81.35 – $1,618.11 |