Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj 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

$4.05

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.

$11.55

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.

$3.35 with BCBS - TX vs $9.98 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $3.35 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Exchange $3.63 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3.78 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|HMO $5.46 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Charter $5.46 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|PPO $5.46 ↑ +35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6.51 ↑ +61%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $6.93 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7.51 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.51 ↑ +85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.70 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8.09 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8.09 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $8.12 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8.12 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8.17 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.67 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9.98 ↑ +146%

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Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $104.77 $2.26 – $22.30
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $95.92 $11.82 – $11.82
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $198.45 $2.26 – $22.30
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $185.60 $2.26 – $22.30
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $32.05 $5.42 – $22.30
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $179.74 $5.42 – $22.30
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $168.10 $2.26 – $22.30
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $23.22 $2.76 – $28.84

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