Vein x-ray eye socket at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$316.58
Cash price 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.
$904.50
Gross charge 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.
$102.53 with CHC vs $928.89 with Ambetter — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.53 | ↓ -68% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.93 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $110.09 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $140.00 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $147.86 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $209.00 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $234.94 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $258.75 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $317.46 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $336.74 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $533.66 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $542.70 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $587.93 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $587.93 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $615.06 | ↑ +94% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +96% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +96% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +96% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $631.65 | ↑ +100% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $631.65 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $633.15 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $633.15 | ↑ +100% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $637.84 | ↑ +101% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $662.61 | ↑ +109% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $662.61 | ↑ +109% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $678.38 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $889.02 | ↑ +181% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $903.92 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $904.50 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $904.50 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $904.50 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $904.50 | ↑ +186% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $928.89 | ↑ +193% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $928.89 | ↑ +193% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $928.89 | ↑ +193% |
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Vein x-ray eye socket at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $10,405.98 | $105.77 – $1,109.70 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,128.41 | $107.93 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,128.41 | $107.93 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,128.41 | $107.93 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $1,128.41 | $107.93 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $1,128.41 | $107.93 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $1,128.41 | $107.93 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $1,128.41 | $107.93 – $1,556.23 |