Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial 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

$205.10

Cash price

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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.

$586.00

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.

$41.04 with BCBS - TX vs $426.04 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $41.04 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $46.31 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $79.82 ↓ -61%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $91.61 ↓ -55%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $91.61 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $91.61 ↓ -55%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $91.61 ↓ -55%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $93.44 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $93.44 ↓ -54%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -54%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $98.02 ↓ -52%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $98.02 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $100.15 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $122.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $124.98 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Exchange $130.63 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $137.41 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $141.45 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $141.45 ↓ -31%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $144.14 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $147.70 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $147.70 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $181.78 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Charter $193.14 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|HMO $196.68 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|PPO $196.68 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $204.50 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $204.50 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $204.50 ↓ -0%
Humana Commercial|PPO $272.67 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial|HMO $272.67 ↑ +33%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $340.83 ↑ +66%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $369.24 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $369.24 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $397.64 ↑ +94%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $397.64 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $397.64 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $426.04 ↑ +108%

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $73.79 – $854.98
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $766.25 $144.95 – $144.95
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $21,753.62 $33.89 – $1,427.34
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,501.57 $18.74 – $132.35
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $21,753.62 $41.04 – $1,427.34
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $21,753.62 $41.04 – $1,427.34
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,501.57 $25.00 – $125.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $21,753.62 $41.04 – $1,427.34

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