Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution 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

$58.45

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.

$167.00

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.

$14.82 with BCBS - TX vs $125.25 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 - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $14.82 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $16.73 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↓ -70%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↓ -70%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↓ -70%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -70%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $17.78 ↓ -70%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.47 ↓ -68%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $18.47 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Exchange $24.85 ↓ -57%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $25.89 ↓ -56%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.06 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $27.09 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $27.09 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $28.83 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $36.18 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|HMO $37.41 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|PPO $37.41 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Charter $37.41 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $44.20 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $52.13 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $54.95 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $54.95 ↓ -6%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $100.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $108.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $108.55 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $116.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $116.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $125.25 ↑ +114%

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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $17.23 – $136.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $129.63 $52.36 – $52.36
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $75.16 $50.86 – $65.82
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $66.80 $18.08 – $136.94
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.09 $12.24 – $88.81
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4.76 $3.47 – $24.48
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $130.14 $19.18 – $390.42
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.09 $14.82 – $88.81

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