Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$77.81

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.

$222.30

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.

$76.00 with Cigna vs $257.46 with Wellpoint — 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $76.00 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $83.87 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $114.66 ↑ +47%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $133.38 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $144.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $144.50 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $151.17 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $155.61 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $155.61 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $166.73 ↑ +114%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +121%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +121%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +121%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +121%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↑ +125%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↑ +125%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↑ +127%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +136%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|HMO $193.77 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|PPO $193.77 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|Charter $193.77 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|Exchange $193.77 ↑ +149%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $209.51 ↑ +169%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $222.30 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $222.30 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $222.30 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $222.30 ↑ +186%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.41 ↑ +221%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $257.46 ↑ +231%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↑ +231%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↑ +231%

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