Drug test def 8-14 classes 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

$44.10

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.

$126.00

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.

$74.34 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $563.35 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $74.34 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $75.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $81.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $81.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $85.68 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $88.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $88.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $94.50 ↑ +114%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $124.96 ↑ +183%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $124.96 ↑ +183%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $126.00 ↑ +186%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $126.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $126.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $126.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $126.00 ↑ +186%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +186%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +186%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $128.52 ↑ +191%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $128.52 ↑ +191%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $129.78 ↑ +194%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $131.54 ↑ +198%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.17 ↑ +204%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $134.82 ↑ +206%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $134.82 ↑ +206%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $180.21 ↑ +309%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $189.00 ↑ +329%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $189.00 ↑ +329%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $189.00 ↑ +329%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $207.90 ↑ +371%
United Commercial|Charter $234.89 ↑ +433%
United Commercial|PPO $234.89 ↑ +433%
United Commercial|Exchange $234.89 ↑ +433%
United Commercial|HMO $234.89 ↑ +433%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $373.43 ↑ +747%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $410.40 ↑ +831%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $412.06 ↑ +834%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $563.35 ↑ +1177%

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Drug test def 8-14 classes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $128.91 – $644.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $340.70 $128.91 – $644.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $58.10 $24.90 – $656.72
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $140.93 – $602.87
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $341.99 – $682.73
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $128.91 – $644.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $128.91 – $644.00
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $131.54 – $644.00

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