X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views 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

$169.16

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.

$483.30

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.

$35.87 with TCHP vs $362.48 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $35.87 ↓ -79%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $35.87 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $37.76 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.52 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $51.73 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -48%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -48%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -48%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -47%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $93.68 ↓ -45%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -44%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $103.18 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -33%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $117.81 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $126.59 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↓ -22%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↑ +42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↑ +59%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $285.15 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $289.98 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $314.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $314.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $328.65 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $338.31 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $338.31 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $362.48 ↑ +114%

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X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,549.80 $37.00 – $177.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $642.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $257.89 $37.76 – $322.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $274.01 $56.40 – $411.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $305.39 $37.76 – $381.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $257.89 $37.76 – $322.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $274.01 $40.40 – $411.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $274.01 $37.76 – $411.02

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