Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$34.97

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.

$99.90

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.

$12.21 with TCHP vs $78.49 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 $12.21 ↓ -65%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $12.21 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $12.85 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.11 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -56%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -56%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -56%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -56%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $15.61 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $15.61 ↓ -55%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $15.76 ↓ -55%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $16.37 ↓ -53%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $16.37 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $17.60 ↓ -50%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $22.34 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Exchange $22.95 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|PPO $22.95 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $22.95 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Charter $22.95 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $22.95 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $22.95 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.95 ↓ -34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $25.25 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $29.07 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $36.35 ↑ +4%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $40.09 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $40.12 ↑ +15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $49.88 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.84 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $59.94 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $64.94 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $64.94 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $67.01 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $67.94 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $69.93 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $69.93 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $74.93 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $78.49 ↑ +124%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $292.48 $13.77 – $58.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.42 $10.00 – $155.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.10 $12.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $121.59 $12.00 – $151.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $124.42 $10.00 – $155.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.10 $12.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $109.10 $8.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $121.59 $12.00 – $182.38

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