Upgrade pm system 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

$4,161.78

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.

$11,890.80

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.

$2,403.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $19,801.80 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.

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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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,403.00 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,900.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↓ -12%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $6,029.39 ↑ +45%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $6,029.39 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $6,346.73 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,473.66 ↑ +56%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,134.48 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $7,688.96 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,729.02 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,729.02 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,729.02 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,085.75 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,323.56 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,323.56 ↑ +100%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $8,695.02 ↑ +109%
United Commercial|Exchange $8,773.00 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,918.10 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $9,037.01 ↑ +117%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +120%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $9,841.86 ↑ +136%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $10,482.28 ↑ +152%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $10,482.28 ↑ +152%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $10,482.28 ↑ +152%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10,482.28 ↑ +152%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $10,691.93 ↑ +157%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $10,691.93 ↑ +157%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $10,796.75 ↑ +159%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11,216.04 ↑ +170%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11,216.04 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Charter $12,952.00 ↑ +211%
United Commercial|HMO $14,390.00 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|PPO $14,390.00 ↑ +246%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $14,865.31 ↑ +257%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $15,723.42 ↑ +278%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15,723.42 ↑ +278%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $15,723.42 ↑ +278%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $17,388.36 ↑ +318%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17,633.34 ↑ +324%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $19,683.72 ↑ +373%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $19,801.80 ↑ +376%

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