Rmvl perm pm pulse gen 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

$7,090.30

Cash price

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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.

$20,258.00

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.

$1,076.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $15,396.08 with Aetna — 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,677.00 ↓ -48%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $4,468.04 ↓ -37%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $4,468.04 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $4,703.20 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4,797.26 ↓ -32%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Charter $5,428.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $5,731.39 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|PPO $6,032.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $6,032.00 ↓ -15%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $6,443.38 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +2%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $7,336.18 ↑ +3%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +17%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +17%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +17%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +17%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8,455.18 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $8,455.18 ↑ +19%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $8,538.07 ↑ +20%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8,869.65 ↑ +25%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8,869.65 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $11,080.68 ↑ +56%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $12,154.80 ↑ +71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12,434.08 ↑ +75%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $12,434.08 ↑ +75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12,434.09 ↑ +75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $13,143.98 ↑ +85%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $13,167.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13,167.70 ↑ +86%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13,643.65 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13,775.44 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $14,180.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $14,180.60 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $14,672.35 ↑ +107%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $14,673.98 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15,193.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $15,396.08 ↑ +117%

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Rmvl perm pm pulse gen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $40,241.31 $4,609.14 – $13,296.82
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,028.51 $2,416.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,256.66 $1,287.83 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $8,286.08 $4,703.20 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,028.51 $2,416.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $6,256.66 $2,416.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $6,256.66 $2,416.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $8,286.08 $2,416.00 – $21,045.99

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