IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour 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

$341.98

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.

$977.06

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.

$46.30 with BCBS - TX vs $732.75 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 $46.30 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $53.59 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $67.23 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -79%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -79%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -79%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $73.43 ↓ -79%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $88.79 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $100.84 ↓ -71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $103.69 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -69%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $106.94 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Exchange $121.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Charter $177.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|HMO $196.00 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|PPO $196.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $586.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $635.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $635.05 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $683.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $683.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $732.75 ↑ +114%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $74.20 – $295.90
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,833.06 $122.08 – $122.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $280.91 $68.71 – $351.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $243.30 $50.08 – $364.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $230.40 $46.08 – $288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $280.91 $68.71 – $351.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $243.30 $68.71 – $364.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $243.30 $125.70 – $364.95

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