Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im 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

$306.25

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.

$875.00

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.

$71.29 with BCBS vs $656.25 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -77%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -77%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -76%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -76%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $73.43 ↓ -76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -75%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $88.29 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $102.19 ↓ -67%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $103.69 ↓ -66%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -65%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $106.94 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Exchange $121.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $128.20 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $169.32 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Charter $177.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $192.29 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $196.00 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|PPO $196.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $525.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $568.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $568.75 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $612.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $612.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $656.25 ↑ +114%

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HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $141.50 – $193.92
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $192.72 $54.60 – $240.90
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