Ghs corneal fb without slit lamp bilat 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

$159.08

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.

$454.50

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.

$30.23 with CHC 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.

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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 $30.23 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $30.23 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $31.82 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.46 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $43.59 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $99.27 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $272.69 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $272.70 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $295.43 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $295.43 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $295.43 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $309.06 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $318.15 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $318.15 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $340.88 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $345.42 ↑ +117%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $349.05 ↑ +119%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +143%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +151%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +151%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +151%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +151%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $407.68 ↑ +156%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $407.68 ↑ +156%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $411.68 ↑ +159%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $427.67 ↑ +169%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $427.67 ↑ +169%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $453.87 ↑ +185%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $527.21 ↑ +231%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $599.53 ↑ +277%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $599.53 ↑ +277%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $599.54 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $625.37 ↑ +293%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $698.09 ↑ +339%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +954%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +1428%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +1428%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +1455%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +1628%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +1628%

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