Who nontorsion jnts pre cst 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

$238.14

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.

$680.40

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.

$136.27 with BCBS-TX vs $486.68 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $136.27 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $142.76 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Exchange $155.74 ↓ -35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $168.72 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $175.21 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Charter $181.70 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $194.67 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $194.67 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $194.67 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $194.67 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|PPO $201.16 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|HMO $201.16 ↓ -16%
Humana Commercial|PPO $272.54 ↑ +14%
Humana Commercial|HMO $272.54 ↑ +14%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $389.34 ↑ +63%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $421.79 ↑ +77%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $421.79 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $421.79 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $454.23 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $454.23 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $486.68 ↑ +104%

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Who nontorsion jnts pre cst at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $585.77 – $1,285.10
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $585.77 – $1,285.10
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $585.77 – $1,285.10
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $585.77 – $1,285.10
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $585.77 – $1,285.10
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $585.77 – $1,285.10
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $585.77 – $1,285.10
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $585.77 – $1,285.10

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