Antibody 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

$27.41

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.

$78.30

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.

$12.76 with TCHP vs $78.30 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.

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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 $12.76 ↓ -53%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $13.43 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.70 ↓ -50%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $15.99 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $15.99 ↓ -42%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $15.99 ↓ -42%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $15.99 ↓ -42%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $16.31 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $16.31 ↓ -40%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $16.47 ↓ -40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.11 ↓ -38%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $17.11 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $18.40 ↓ -33%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $23.35 ↓ -15%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $23.98 ↓ -13%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $23.98 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $23.99 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Exchange $24.42 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|PPO $24.42 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $24.42 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Charter $24.42 ↓ -11%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.38 ↓ -4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $30.38 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $38.00 ↑ +39%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $41.90 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $41.93 ↑ +53%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $46.98 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $50.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $50.90 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $52.13 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $53.25 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $54.81 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $54.81 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $57.33 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $58.73 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $70.04 ↑ +156%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $78.30 ↑ +186%

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