IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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

$216.09

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.

$617.40

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.

$31.04 with BCBS - TX vs $463.05 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 $31.04 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $35.93 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $45.07 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $59.53 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $67.61 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Exchange $121.00 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Charter $177.00 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|PPO $196.00 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $196.00 ↓ -9%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $370.44 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $401.31 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $401.31 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $432.18 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $432.18 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $463.05 ↑ +114%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $49.75 – $197.24
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $81.85 – $81.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.84 $65.27 – $334.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.85 $49.57 – $361.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.32 $60.06 – $375.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $235.84 $49.75 – $334.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.85 $77.31 – $361.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $240.85 $124.44 – $361.27

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