Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$262.03

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.

$748.65

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.

$161.82 with Cigna vs $682.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $161.82 ↓ -38%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -34%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -34%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -34%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -34%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↓ -33%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $178.56 ↓ -32%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↓ -30%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↓ -30%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $209.51 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $244.13 ↓ -7%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.41 ↓ -5%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↓ -2%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $257.46 ↓ -2%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $272.65 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Charter $323.15 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $323.15 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Exchange $323.15 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|PPO $323.15 ↑ +23%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $402.38 ↑ +54%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $409.20 ↑ +56%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $443.30 ↑ +69%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $443.30 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $463.76 ↑ +77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $467.81 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $477.40 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $477.40 ↑ +82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $511.50 ↑ +95%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $628.53 ↑ +140%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $682.00 ↑ +160%

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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $149.16 – $752.10
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $541.08 $552.48 – $552.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $259.51 $31.88 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $351.07 $23.16 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $351.07 $22.50 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $259.51 $30.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $351.07 $36.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $351.07 $26.00 – $423.12

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