St Luke's Patients Medical Center

Pasadena, TX

24,363 price items Updated: 2026-02-28

About St Luke's Patients Medica

St Luke's Patients Medical Center is located in Pasadena, Texas, in the greater Houston metropolitan area. The hospital appears to be part of the St Luke's health system based on its naming convention.

St Luke's Patients Medical Center publishes 24,363 price items in its transparency file, making it one of 33 hospitals reporting pricing data in the Houston metro area. The hospital provides pricing information for 17 common procedures with 848 total payer rate entries. The facility offers consistent cash discounts of approximately 65% off gross charges across most procedures. For example, a screening colonoscopy has a gross charge of $3,931.20 with a cash price of $1,375.92, while an MRI brain without contrast shows a gross charge of $8,574 and cash price of $3,000.90. Some procedures like total knee replacement and cesarean delivery show zero dollars for both gross and cash prices in the current data.

About This Data

St Luke's Patients Medical Center publishes this pricing data as required by the CMS Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR § 180). The hospital's machine-readable file is published in JSON format and includes gross charges, cash/self-pay discounts, and payer-specific negotiated rates.

We are not affiliated with St Luke's Patients Medical Center. This page presents publicly available pricing data published by the hospital in compliance with federal regulations.

File last updated: 2026-02-28. Accessed by us: 2026-04-13. We check for changes weekly.

If you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We'll review it against the source file within 5 business days.

Published Prices by Procedure

Procedure Cash Price
Transthoracic Echocardiogram with Doppler (93306) $3,033.8
Procedure Cash Price
Screening Colonoscopy (45378) $1,375.92
Colonoscopy with Biopsy (45380) $1,521.45
Procedure Cash Price
ER Visit Level 3 (Moderate) (99283) $891.8
ER Visit Level 4 (High/Urgent) (99284) $1,351.35
ER Visit Level 5 (Critical) (99285) $1,753.15
Procedure Cash Price
MRI Brain Without Contrast (70551) $3,000.9
MRI Lumbar Spine Without Contrast (72148) $2,887.45
Procedure Cash Price
Chest X-ray, 2 Views (71046) $549.85
Procedure Cash Price
CT Abdomen and Pelvis without Contrast (74176) $4,700.85
CT Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast (74177) $5,000.58
Procedure Cash Price
Abdominal Ultrasound, Complete (76700) $1,569.78
Pelvic Ultrasound, Complete (76856) $1,041.43
Procedure Cash Price
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) (80053) $286.65
Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential (85025) $95.2
Procedure Cash Price
Cesarean Delivery (59510) N/A

Knee Replacement

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Procedure Cash Price
Total Knee Replacement (Arthroplasty) (27447) N/A

Pricing Patterns at St Luke's Patients Medica

St Luke's Patients Medical Center shows cash prices consistently set at approximately 35% of gross charges across procedures, with cash prices for a CT Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast at $5,000.58 compared to the gross charge of $14,287.35. Insurance rates vary significantly, with some procedures showing insured payments below cash rates, such as Chest X-ray where insured rates start at $32.06 while the cash price is $549.85. Several major procedures including Total Knee Replacement and Cesarean Delivery show $0 gross and cash charges, with only insured rate ranges provided.

St Luke's Patients Medica vs Houston Hospitals

How St Luke's Patients Medica's cash prices compare to the median across hospitals in the Houston area with published prices for each procedure.

Procedure St Luke's Patients Medica vs Median
Echocardiogram 33 hospitals $3,033.8 14% above median
Colonoscopy 14 hospitals $1,375.92 6% below median
ER Visit 33 hospitals $891.8 7% below median
MRI 33 hospitals $2,887.45 75% above median
Chest X-ray 33 hospitals $549.85 near median
CT Scan 33 hospitals $4,700.85 17% below median
Ultrasound 33 hospitals $1,041.43 near median
Lab Work 33 hospitals $95.2 near median

"Cash price" is each hospital's published self-pay/discounted rate. Median is calculated across Houston hospitals that publish a cash price for the same procedure. Multi-code procedures use each hospital's lowest valid price as its representative value.

Understanding the Columns

Gross Charge: The chargemaster price before any discounts. Rarely what patients pay. It is primarily a starting point for insurance negotiations.

Cash/Self-Pay: The discounted rate hospitals offer to uninsured patients. Ask about financial assistance programs for further reductions.

Insured Range: Lowest to highest negotiated rates across all payers. Medicare rates are typically lowest; commercial plan rates highest.

About Facility Fees

Prices shown are facility fees only. You'll also receive separate bills from the physician performing the procedure.

Imaging procedures include a facility fee plus a radiologist's reading fee. Surgical procedures add surgeon, anesthesia, and pathology fees.

For a more complete estimate, contact the hospital's financial counselling office or your insurer to request a pre-service cost estimate that includes all expected professional fees.

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St Luke's Patients Medical Center

File updated: 2026-02-28 · Accessed by us: 2026-04-13

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