Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm 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

$397.25

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.

$1,135.00

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.

$38.41 with BCBS - TX vs $851.25 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|MyBlue Health Exchange $38.41 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $44.46 ↓ -89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $55.78 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $73.67 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $75.48 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $81.04 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $83.67 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $108.85 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $247.89 ↓ -38%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +1%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +1%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +1%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +1%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +3%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +3%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +4%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +8%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +8%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↑ +46%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +51%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +51%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↑ +51%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $681.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $737.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $737.75 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $794.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $794.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $851.25 ↑ +114%

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $61.57 – $849.83
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $663.39 $80.77 – $987.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $663.39 $71.00 – $995.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $663.39 $71.00 – $987.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $663.39 $176.90 – $987.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $663.39 $85.00 – $995.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $663.39 $342.75 – $995.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $663.39 $71.00 – $995.09

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