Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center
4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$129.11 with HUMANA vs $2,749.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | — |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | — |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | — |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | — |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $131.69 | — |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $131.69 | — |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $132.98 | — |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $138.15 | — |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $138.15 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $140.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $154.00 | — |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $159.18 | — |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $188.56 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $193.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $193.67 | — |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $193.67 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $207.16 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $355.44 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $387.00 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $477.55 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $559.32 | — |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | not published by hospital | — |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $1,469.58 | $220.24 – $220.24 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $270.06 | $419.77 – $419.77 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $202.31 | $10.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $186.73 | $12.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $181.55 | $12.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $202.31 | $10.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $186.73 | $12.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $186.73 | $8.00 – $316.45 |