Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$203.75
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.
$582.12
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.
$33.57 with BCBS - TX vs $436.59 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $33.57 | ↓ -84% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -81% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $40.10 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $40.10 | ↓ -80% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -80% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $41.32 | ↓ -80% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -79% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $43.68 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $47.70 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $47.70 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $47.70 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $47.70 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $58.97 | ↓ -71% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $58.97 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $58.97 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $60.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $66.43 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $74.95 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $90.83 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $100.70 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $117.94 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $343.46 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $349.28 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $378.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $378.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $395.85 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $407.49 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $407.49 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $436.59 | ↑ +114% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $179.97 | $24.67 – $244.21 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $187.56 | $36.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $182.09 | $35.64 – $227.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $187.56 | $35.64 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $187.56 | $26.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $182.09 | $35.64 – $273.13 |