Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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

$756.00

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.

$2,160.00

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.

$68.93 with BCBS - TX vs $1,620.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $68.93 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $79.78 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $100.09 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $132.19 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $150.13 ↓ -80%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↓ -59%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↓ -59%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $318.14 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $318.14 ↓ -58%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $321.26 ↓ -58%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↓ -56%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↓ -56%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $442.58 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $467.85 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↓ -38%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Exchange $597.00 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Charter $881.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $979.00 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|PPO $979.00 ↑ +29%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,296.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,404.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,404.00 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,512.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,512.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,620.00 ↑ +114%

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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $3,269.59 $110.47 – $443.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $628.51 $144.93 – $805.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $669.63 $137.83 – $1,004.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $786.77 $142.57 – $983.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $628.51 $110.47 – $805.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $669.63 $174.20 – $1,004.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $669.63 $345.98 – $1,004.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $786.77 $142.57 – $1,180.15

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