Ia nfct ab sarscov2 covid19 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

$82.85

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.

$236.70

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.

$36.14 with CHC vs $232.29 with BCBS-TX — 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 $36.14 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $36.14 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $38.04 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.80 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $45.28 ↓ -45%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $45.28 ↓ -45%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $45.28 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $45.28 ↓ -45%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $46.19 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $46.19 ↓ -44%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $46.64 ↓ -44%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $48.45 ↓ -42%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $48.45 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $52.11 ↓ -37%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $66.11 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Exchange $67.92 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $67.92 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|PPO $67.92 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $67.92 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Charter $67.92 ↓ -18%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $67.92 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $67.92 ↓ -18%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $74.71 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $86.03 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +21%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $118.68 ↑ +43%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $142.02 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $147.61 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $153.86 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $153.86 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $160.96 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $165.69 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $165.69 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $177.53 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $198.33 ↑ +139%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $232.29 ↑ +180%

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Ia nfct ab sarscov2 covid19 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $37.28 – $95.09
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $52.85 $32.60 – $151.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $21.60 $36.00 – $135.84
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $52.85 $32.60 – $151.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $52.85 $32.60 – $151.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $52.85 $32.60 – $151.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $52.85 $32.60 – $151.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $21.60 $31.68 – $135.84

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