Screening Mammogram 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

$312.55

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.

$893.00

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.

$140.00 with United vs $669.75 with MultiPlan — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $140.25 ↓ -55%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $145.23 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $254.64 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $290.79 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $298.41 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $320.26 ↑ +2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $335.21 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $392.95 ↑ +26%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $526.87 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $535.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $580.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $580.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $607.24 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $625.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $625.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $669.75 ↑ +114%

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Screening Mammogram at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $834.75 $88.86 – $549.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $792.81 $382.96 – $382.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $227.22 $64.38 – $321.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $238.14 $49.02 – $357.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $238.14 $47.63 – $334.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $227.22 $60.59 – $321.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $238.14 $76.44 – $406.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $238.14 $123.04 – $357.21

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