Strapping of chest at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$78.12
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.
$223.20
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.
$14.08 with BCBS-TX vs $4,000.00 with Humana — 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $14.08 | ↓ -82% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.99 | ↓ -81% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.78 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $16.10 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $18.02 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $21.62 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $27.22 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $32.28 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $36.04 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $49.23 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $133.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $140.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $144.95 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $144.95 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $144.95 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $151.78 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $154.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $156.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $156.10 | ↑ +100% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $158.05 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $158.05 | ↑ +102% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $158.05 | ↑ +102% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $158.05 | ↑ +102% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $161.21 | ↑ +106% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $161.21 | ↑ +106% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $162.79 | ↑ +108% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $167.25 | ↑ +114% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $169.11 | ↑ +116% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $169.11 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $169.64 | ↑ +117% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $236.26 | ↑ +202% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $237.07 | ↑ +203% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $237.07 | ↑ +203% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $237.08 | ↑ +203% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $387.00 | ↑ +395% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | ↑ +2045% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | ↑ +3067% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +3419% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +3419% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $4,000.00 | ↑ +5020% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $4,000.00 | ↑ +5020% |
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Strapping of chest at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $15.46 – $135.52 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $226.35 | $15.78 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $196.93 | $16.88 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $196.93 | $15.78 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $226.35 | $15.78 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $196.93 | $16.88 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $196.93 | $15.78 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $196.93 | $15.78 – $390.34 |