Blood Count (CBC) Test 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

$95.20

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.

$272.00

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.

$6.20 with TCHP vs $163.50 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $6.20 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $6.20 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $6.53 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.66 ↓ -93%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -92%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -92%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $7.93 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $7.93 ↓ -92%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -92%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.31 ↓ -91%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.31 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $8.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $11.34 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $11.65 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $11.65 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $11.66 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $12.82 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Charter $14.39 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $14.39 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.39 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|PPO $14.39 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $14.76 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $18.17 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.04 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.37 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $25.33 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.42 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $34.03 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $39.86 ↓ -58%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $128.62 ↑ +35%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $130.80 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $141.70 ↑ +49%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $141.70 ↑ +49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $148.24 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $152.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $152.60 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $163.50 ↑ +72%

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