Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) 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

$41.58

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.

$118.80

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.

$5.97 with TCHP vs $89.10 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $5.97 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $5.97 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $6.28 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.41 ↓ -85%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $7.48 ↓ -82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7.48 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $7.48 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7.48 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $7.63 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $7.63 ↓ -82%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -81%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $8.60 ↓ -79%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $10.92 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $11.22 ↓ -73%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $11.22 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $11.22 ↓ -73%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $12.34 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Charter $12.77 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $12.77 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.77 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|PPO $12.77 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $14.21 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $18.17 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.59 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.04 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $24.38 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.42 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $32.76 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $38.37 ↓ -8%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $71.28 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $77.22 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $77.22 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $80.79 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $83.16 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $83.16 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $89.10 ↑ +114%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $99.71 $6.73 – $28.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $79.31 $6.28 – $99.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $98.18 $10.97 – $147.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $95.89 $6.28 – $119.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $79.31 $6.28 – $99.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $98.18 $6.72 – $147.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $98.18 $6.28 – $147.28
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