X-ray toe(s) > 2 views (both sides) 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

$278.25

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.

$795.00

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.

$27.93 with TCHP vs $596.25 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $27.93 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $27.93 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $29.40 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.99 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $40.28 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $71.54 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $78.79 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -68%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -68%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -68%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -68%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -68%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $91.73 ↓ -67%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -66%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $96.68 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↓ -58%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -52%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↓ -52%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↓ -3%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $469.05 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $477.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $516.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $516.75 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $540.60 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $556.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $556.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $596.25 ↑ +114%

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X-ray toe(s) > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,398.75 $28.81 – $140.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.86 $29.40 – $239.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $271.84 $55.95 – $407.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $333.33 $29.40 – $416.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.86 $29.40 – $239.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $271.84 $31.46 – $407.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $271.84 $29.40 – $407.76

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