2019-ncov diagnostic p at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$85.40
Cash price 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.
$244.00
Gross charge 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.
$28.66 with CHC vs $184.27 with BCBS-TX — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHC | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.66 | ↓ -66% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.17 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $30.77 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $35.92 | ↓ -58% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $35.92 | ↓ -58% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $35.92 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $35.92 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $36.64 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $36.64 | ↓ -57% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $37.00 | ↓ -57% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $38.43 | ↓ -55% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $38.43 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $41.33 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $52.44 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $53.88 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $53.88 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $53.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $53.88 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $53.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $53.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $53.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $59.27 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $68.25 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $94.13 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $117.10 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $146.40 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $157.33 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $158.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $158.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $170.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $170.80 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $183.00 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $184.27 | ↑ +116% |
Visitor-reported prices
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2019-ncov diagnostic p at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $29.57 – $75.43 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $12.95 | $5.55 – $93.39 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $49.37 | $35.92 – $68.25 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $32.33 – $138.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $29.57 – $75.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $33.19 – $52.08 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $29.57 – $75.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $29.57 – $75.43 |