Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count 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

$273.74

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.

$782.10

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.

$100.14 with TCHP vs $643.76 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 $100.14 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $100.14 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $105.41 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $107.52 ↓ -61%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $125.49 ↓ -54%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $125.49 ↓ -54%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $125.49 ↓ -54%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $125.49 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $128.00 ↓ -53%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $128.00 ↓ -53%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $129.25 ↓ -53%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $134.27 ↓ -51%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $134.27 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $144.41 ↓ -47%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $183.22 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $188.24 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $188.24 ↓ -31%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $188.24 ↓ -31%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $207.06 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Charter $230.82 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|HMO $230.82 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Exchange $230.82 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|PPO $230.82 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $238.43 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $299.88 ↑ +10%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $328.88 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $330.91 ↑ +21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $409.10 ↑ +49%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $452.42 ↑ +65%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $461.44 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $469.26 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $508.37 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $508.37 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $531.83 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $547.47 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $547.47 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $549.65 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $586.58 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $643.76 ↑ +135%

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Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $103.30 – $515.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $765.37 $10.00 – $301.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $479.38 $12.00 – $348.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.52 $12.00 – $301.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $765.37 $10.00 – $301.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $479.38 $12.00 – $348.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $479.38 $8.00 – $348.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $382.52 $12.00 – $348.75

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