Coombs indirect titer 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

$76.23

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.

$217.80

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.

$4.13 with TCHP 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $4.13 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $4.13 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.44 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $5.96 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Exchange $9.59 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Charter $9.59 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|PPO $9.59 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $9.59 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $12.39 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.57 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $13.67 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.70 ↓ -75%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $130.68 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $141.57 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $141.57 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $148.11 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $152.46 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $152.46 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $163.35 ↑ +114%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +125%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +125%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +125%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +125%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↑ +130%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↑ +130%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↑ +132%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +141%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +141%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $209.51 ↑ +175%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $217.80 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $217.80 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $217.80 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $217.80 ↑ +186%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.41 ↑ +227%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $257.46 ↑ +238%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↑ +238%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↑ +238%

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Coombs indirect titer reference at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $4.26 – $20.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $146.00 $4.35 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $217.64 $7.60 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $217.64 $4.35 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $146.00 $4.35 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $217.64 $4.65 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $217.64 $4.35 – $423.12
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