#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$18.27

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.

$52.20

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.

$15.61 with TCHP vs $71.04 with Cigna — 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 $15.61 ↓ -15%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $15.61 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $16.43 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.76 ↓ -8%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +7%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +7%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +7%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +7%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $19.95 ↑ +9%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $19.95 ↑ +9%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $20.15 ↑ +10%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $20.93 ↑ +15%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20.93 ↑ +15%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $22.51 ↑ +23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $28.56 ↑ +56%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $29.34 ↑ +61%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $29.34 ↑ +61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $29.34 ↑ +61%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $31.32 ↑ +71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $32.27 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.93 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $33.93 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.50 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|HMO $36.23 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|Charter $36.23 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|PPO $36.23 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|Exchange $36.23 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $36.54 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $36.54 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $37.16 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $47.10 ↑ +158%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $51.26 ↑ +181%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $51.97 ↑ +184%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $52.20 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $52.20 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $52.20 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $71.04 ↑ +289%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $16.10 – $80.84
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $133.00 $10.00 – $166.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $124.00 $12.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $124.00 $12.00 – $155.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $133.00 $10.00 – $166.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $124.00 $12.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $124.00 $8.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $124.00 $12.00 – $186.00

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