Pretreatment serum by diff red cell adsorption patient rbc/known phenotype each adsorption ref 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

$41.90

Cash price

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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.

$119.70

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.

$71.82 with Cigna Lifesource vs $257.46 with Ambetter — 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
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $71.82 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $77.81 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $77.81 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $81.40 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $83.79 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $83.79 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $84.26 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $89.78 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $92.98 ↑ +122%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $119.70 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $119.70 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $119.70 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $119.70 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $119.70 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $127.13 ↑ +203%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +310%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +310%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +310%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +310%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↑ +318%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↑ +318%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↑ +322%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +338%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +338%
United Commercial|Exchange $193.77 ↑ +362%
United Commercial|PPO $193.77 ↑ +362%
United Commercial|HMO $193.77 ↑ +362%
United Commercial|Charter $193.77 ↑ +362%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.41 ↑ +495%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↑ +514%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↑ +514%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $257.46 ↑ +514%

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Pretreatment serum by diff red cell adsorption patient rbc/known phenotype each adsorption ref at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $133.03 – $376.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $107.65 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $130.91 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $101.80 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $107.65 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $130.91 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $130.91 $8.00 – $423.12
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