Cystatin c 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

$48.83

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$139.50

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$14.78 with TCHP vs $104.63 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $15.56 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.87 ↓ -67%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↓ -62%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↓ -62%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $18.89 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $18.89 ↓ -61%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $19.08 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.82 ↓ -59%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $19.82 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $21.32 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $27.04 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Exchange $27.78 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|PPO $27.78 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|HMO $27.78 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Charter $27.78 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $27.78 ↓ -43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $27.78 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $27.78 ↓ -43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $30.56 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $35.19 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $44.61 ↓ -9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $48.55 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $49.23 ↑ +1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $60.38 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $67.30 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $81.12 ↑ +66%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $83.70 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $90.68 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $90.68 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $94.86 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $95.01 ↑ +95%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $97.65 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $97.65 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $104.63 ↑ +114%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Cystatin c at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $15.25 – $76.68
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $116.33 $16.67 – $71.30
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $93.16 $10.00 – $44.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $116.88 $6.72 – $48.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $113.48 $12.00 – $44.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $93.16 $10.00 – $44.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $116.88 $12.00 – $48.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $116.88 $8.00 – $48.94

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →