Lactoferrin fecal qualitative 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

$37.05

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.

$105.84

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.

$15.72 with TCHP vs $101.06 with BCBS-TX — 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 $15.72 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $15.72 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $16.55 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.88 ↓ -54%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $19.70 ↓ -47%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $19.70 ↓ -47%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $19.70 ↓ -47%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $19.70 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $20.09 ↓ -46%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $20.09 ↓ -46%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $20.29 ↓ -45%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $21.08 ↓ -43%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $21.08 ↓ -43%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $22.67 ↓ -39%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $28.76 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $29.55 ↓ -20%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $29.55 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $29.55 ↓ -20%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $32.51 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Charter $36.36 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|HMO $36.36 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Exchange $36.36 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|PPO $36.36 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $37.43 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $47.10 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $51.64 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $51.97 ↑ +40%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $63.51 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $64.22 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $68.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $68.80 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $71.04 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $71.98 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $74.09 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $74.09 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $79.38 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $86.29 ↑ +133%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $101.06 ↑ +173%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $443.01 $16.22 – $80.84
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $99.46 $17.73 – $75.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $135.52 $10.00 – $169.40
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $99.56 $12.00 – $124.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $135.52 $10.00 – $169.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $90.49 $12.00 – $135.73
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