11-desoxycortisol - sendout 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

$74.97

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.

$214.20

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.

$23.37 with TCHP vs $160.65 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 $23.37 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $23.37 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $24.60 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.09 ↓ -67%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $29.28 ↓ -61%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $29.28 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $29.28 ↓ -61%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $29.28 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $29.87 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $29.87 ↓ -60%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $30.16 ↓ -60%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $31.33 ↓ -58%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $31.33 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $33.70 ↓ -55%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $42.75 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $43.92 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $43.92 ↓ -41%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $43.92 ↓ -41%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $48.31 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Charter $54.21 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $54.21 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Exchange $54.21 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|PPO $54.21 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $55.63 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $70.23 ↓ -6%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $76.75 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $77.49 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $95.45 ↑ +27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $105.94 ↑ +41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $128.25 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $128.52 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $139.23 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $139.23 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $145.66 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $149.94 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $149.94 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $150.21 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $160.65 ↑ +114%

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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $24.11 – $119.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $167.01 $10.00 – $208.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $159.00 $12.00 – $238.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $159.00 $12.00 – $198.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $167.01 $10.00 – $208.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $159.00 $12.00 – $238.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $159.00 $8.00 – $238.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $159.00 $12.00 – $238.50

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