Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 minutes 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

$34.65

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$99.00

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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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$54.05 with BCBS vs $117.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 Medicare|All Plans $54.05 ↑ +56%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $54.05 ↑ +56%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $54.05 ↑ +56%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $54.05 ↑ +56%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↑ +59%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↑ +59%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $55.67 ↑ +61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $57.83 ↑ +67%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $57.83 ↑ +67%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $59.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $64.35 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $64.35 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $69.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $69.30 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Exchange $72.00 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $74.25 ↑ +114%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $81.08 ↑ +134%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $81.08 ↑ +134%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $81.08 ↑ +134%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $82.08 ↑ +137%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $89.59 ↑ +159%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $95.01 ↑ +174%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $99.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $99.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $99.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $99.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $99.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $99.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $107.00 ↑ +209%
United Commercial|HMO $117.00 ↑ +238%
United Commercial|PPO $117.00 ↑ +238%

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Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $547.79 $54.05 – $121.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $100.98 $28.61 – $172.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $104.33 $21.48 – $156.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $122.01 $24.40 – $169.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $100.98 $26.93 – $143.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $104.33 $33.49 – $207.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $104.33 $53.91 – $156.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $122.01 $40.67 – $183.01

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