Ureteral reflux study 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

$826.25

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.

$2,360.70

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.

$193.64 with CHC vs $2,827.00 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $193.64 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $193.64 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $203.83 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $207.91 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $279.25 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $280.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $289.93 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -51%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -51%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -51%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -50%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -50%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -50%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -48%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $508.36 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $595.74 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -27%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↓ -24%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $635.95 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $669.21 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $755.43 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $826.25 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $967.89 ↑ +17%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,392.82 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,416.42 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,534.46 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,534.46 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,605.28 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,652.49 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,652.49 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,770.53 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +208%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +242%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +242%

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Ureteral reflux study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $199.75 – $1,076.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $432.89 $209.50 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,298.73 $267.32 – $1,948.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,200.74 $209.50 – $1,500.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $432.89 $209.50 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,298.73 $224.16 – $1,948.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,298.73 $209.50 – $1,948.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,200.74 $209.50 – $1,801.12

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