Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) 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

$1,101.10

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.

$3,146.00

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.

$80.94 with TCHP vs $1,572.75 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $80.94 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $80.94 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $85.20 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $86.90 ↓ -92%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -92%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -92%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -92%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -92%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -91%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $116.72 ↓ -89%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $166.41 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $183.28 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $224.88 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $265.82 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,237.23 ↑ +12%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,258.20 ↑ +14%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,363.05 ↑ +24%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,363.05 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,425.96 ↑ +30%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,467.90 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,467.90 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,572.75 ↑ +43%

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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $83.50 – $314.42
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $688.16 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $346.19 $83.05 – $432.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $346.09 $71.24 – $519.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $346.09 $83.05 – $432.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $346.19 $83.05 – $432.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $346.09 $83.05 – $519.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $346.09 $85.20 – $519.14

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