Immunodiffusion nes 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

$63.00

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.

$180.00

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.

$11.21 with TCHP vs $135.00 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 $11.21 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $11.21 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.04 ↓ -81%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.05 ↓ -78%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $14.05 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.05 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $14.05 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $14.33 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.33 ↓ -77%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $14.47 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.03 ↓ -76%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $15.03 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.17 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $20.51 ↓ -67%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $21.07 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $21.07 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.08 ↓ -67%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $23.18 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Charter $26.01 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $26.01 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.01 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|PPO $26.01 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $26.70 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $33.87 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $36.82 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $37.38 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $45.80 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.10 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $61.54 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $72.08 ↑ +14%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $108.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $117.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $117.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $122.40 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $126.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $126.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $135.00 ↑ +114%

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Immunodiffusion nes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $11.56 – $57.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $142.83 $10.00 – $178.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.79 $12.00 – $125.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.79 $11.80 – $104.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $142.83 $10.00 – $178.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.79 $12.00 – $125.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $109.79 $8.00 – $125.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $109.79 $11.80 – $125.61

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