Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left 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

$980.54

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.

$2,801.52

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.

$28.83 with TCHP vs $2,129.16 with Aetna — 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 $28.83 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $28.83 ↓ -97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $30.35 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.96 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $41.58 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $94.69 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $104.22 ↓ -89%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -89%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -89%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -89%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -89%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -89%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -88%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $114.78 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $140.84 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $158.03 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $163.64 ↓ -83%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $286.92 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $336.24 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $377.71 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,652.90 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,680.92 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,820.99 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,820.99 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,905.04 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,905.04 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,961.07 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,961.07 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,101.14 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,129.16 ↑ +117%

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Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $29.74 – $197.26
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $932.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $316.25 $30.35 – $395.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $405.68 $83.50 – $608.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $435.94 $30.35 – $544.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $316.25 $30.35 – $395.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $405.68 $32.47 – $608.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $405.68 $30.35 – $608.52

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