Oral hiv-1/hiv-2 screen 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

$92.56

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.

$264.45

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.

$11.98 with HUMANA vs $198.34 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -87%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -87%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.22 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12.22 ↓ -87%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $12.34 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.82 ↓ -86%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $12.82 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17.49 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $17.97 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $17.97 ↓ -81%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $19.77 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|PPO $22.20 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $22.20 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Charter $22.20 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $22.20 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $22.76 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $28.91 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $31.90 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $39.05 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.62 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $52.47 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $61.46 ↓ -34%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $156.03 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $158.67 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $171.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $171.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $179.83 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $185.12 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $185.12 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $198.34 ↑ +114%

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Oral hiv-1/hiv-2 screen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $10.78 – $46.12
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $11.74 – $48.80
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.74 – $48.80
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $26.17 – $52.23
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $11.74 – $48.80
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $11.74 – $48.80
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $11.74 – $48.80

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