Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc 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

$37.80

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.

$108.00

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.

$7.83 with CHC vs $81.00 with MultiPlan — 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $7.83 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $7.83 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $8.24 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.40 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↓ -74%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↓ -74%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $10.01 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $10.01 ↓ -74%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -72%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $11.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $14.32 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $14.71 ↓ -61%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.72 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|PPO $14.72 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|HMO $14.72 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Charter $14.72 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.72 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $16.19 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $18.64 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $23.13 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $25.52 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.71 ↓ -32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $31.98 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.90 ↓ -8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $42.97 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $50.33 ↑ +33%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $64.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $70.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $70.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $73.44 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $75.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $75.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $81.00 ↑ +114%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $8.08 – $40.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $68.59 $8.24 – $28.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $85.02 $4.65 – $33.88
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $85.02 $8.82 – $33.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $85.02 $8.00 – $33.88
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