X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast 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

$770.70

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.

$2,202.00

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.

$115.86 with TCHP vs $1,651.50 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 $115.86 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $115.86 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $121.96 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $124.40 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $167.09 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -77%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -77%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -76%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -76%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -76%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -75%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $256.93 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $266.04 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -65%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $267.46 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.47 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $276.02 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $298.72 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $304.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $373.01 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $380.52 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $466.48 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $546.66 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $614.08 ↓ -20%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,299.18 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,321.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,431.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,431.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,497.36 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,541.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,541.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,651.50 ↑ +114%

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X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $3,924.34 $119.52 – $521.58
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $520.69 $107.18 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $602.88 $121.96 – $753.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $520.69 $130.50 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $520.69 $121.96 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $602.88 $121.96 – $904.32

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