Thyroid uptake measurement at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$308.07
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.
$880.20
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.
$77.14 with CHC vs $2,827.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.14 | ↓ -75% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.14 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.20 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $82.82 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $105.19 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $108.92 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $111.24 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $190.98 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $223.80 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $251.40 | ↓ -18% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $253.34 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $281.67 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $308.07 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $360.89 | ↑ +17% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +31% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +31% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +31% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $410.53 | ↑ +33% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $410.53 | ↑ +33% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $414.55 | ↑ +35% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↑ +40% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $519.32 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $528.12 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $572.13 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $572.13 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $598.54 | ↑ +94% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +96% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +96% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $603.72 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $616.14 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $616.14 | ↑ +100% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $630.40 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $660.15 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,723.00 | ↑ +459% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,544.00 | ↑ +726% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,827.00 | ↑ +818% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,827.00 | ↑ +818% |
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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $1,557.48 | $79.58 – $423.24 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $526.55 | $108.38 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $589.22 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $526.55 | $86.88 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $526.55 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $589.22 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |