Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only 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

$116.20

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.

$332.00

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.

$24.53 with HUMANA vs $249.00 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -79%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -78%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.21 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|PPO $26.21 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $26.21 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Charter $26.21 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $26.33 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $29.06 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $33.57 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $36.80 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $39.73 ↓ -66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.32 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $43.68 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $74.95 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $100.70 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $117.94 ↑ +1%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $195.88 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $199.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $215.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $215.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $225.76 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $232.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $232.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $249.00 ↑ +114%

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Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $24.67 – $123.67
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $369.31 $88.51 – $88.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $110.02 $27.61 – $137.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $139.48 $28.71 – $209.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $113.42 $22.68 – $141.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $110.02 $27.61 – $137.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $139.48 $27.61 – $209.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $139.48 $26.00 – $209.21

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