Ghs semen analysis fert 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

$44.42

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.

$126.90

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.

$12.31 with HUMANA vs $95.18 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -72%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -72%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $12.68 ↓ -71%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $13.17 ↓ -70%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.17 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17.97 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $18.46 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $18.46 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $18.47 ↓ -58%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $20.31 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Charter $22.32 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $22.32 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Exchange $22.32 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|PPO $22.32 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $23.39 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $29.74 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $32.82 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $40.13 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.87 ↑ +1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $53.92 ↑ +21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $63.15 ↑ +42%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $74.88 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $76.14 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.49 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $82.49 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $86.30 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $88.83 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $88.83 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.18 ↑ +114%

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