Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
$275.26
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.
$786.45
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.
$67.81 with BCBS - TX vs $288.23 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.
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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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $67.81 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $75.80 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $76.52 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $84.55 | ↓ -69% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $85.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $99.92 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $99.92 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $114.12 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $114.12 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $114.12 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $122.98 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $131.89 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $135.41 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $138.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $138.35 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $165.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $184.47 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $184.47 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $202.18 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $230.58 | ↓ -16% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $249.80 | ↓ -9% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $249.80 | ↓ -9% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $269.01 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $269.01 | ↓ -2% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $269.01 | ↓ -2% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $288.23 | ↑ +5% |
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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $52.45 – $510.86 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,217.81 | $239.51 – $4,826.69 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $142.90 | $42.54 – $193.35 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $18.20 | $13.25 – $93.59 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $763.44 | $5.46 – $47.77 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $142.90 | $42.54 – $193.35 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $142.90 | $42.54 – $193.35 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $18.20 | $17.68 – $88.39 |