Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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

$274.37

Cash price

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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.

$783.90

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.

$99.51 with CHC vs $587.93 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $99.51 ↓ -64%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $99.51 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $104.75 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -61%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -61%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $106.84 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -60%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -60%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -58%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $122.97 ↓ -55%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $127.33 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $143.51 ↓ -48%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -42%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $223.26 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $256.01 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $261.63 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $281.96 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $293.90 ↑ +7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $326.82 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $345.95 ↑ +26%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $462.51 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $470.34 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $509.54 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $509.54 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $533.06 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $548.73 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $548.73 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $587.93 ↑ +114%

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Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,051.21 $102.66 – $483.71
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $950.10 $335.76 – $335.76
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $430.21 $99.77 – $537.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $430.21 $88.55 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $419.75 $99.77 – $524.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $430.21 $99.77 – $537.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $430.21 $99.77 – $645.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $430.21 $104.75 – $645.31

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