Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$310.45

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.

$887.00

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.

$88.00 with United vs $665.25 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
United Commercial|Exchange $88.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Charter $129.00 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|PPO $144.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $144.00 ↓ -54%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $182.29 ↓ -41%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $182.29 ↓ -41%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $182.29 ↓ -41%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $182.29 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $185.94 ↓ -40%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $185.94 ↓ -40%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $187.76 ↓ -40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $195.05 ↓ -37%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $195.05 ↓ -37%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $273.44 ↓ -12%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $273.44 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $273.44 ↓ -12%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $315.02 ↑ +1%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $532.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $576.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $576.55 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $620.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $620.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $665.25 ↑ +114%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,157.67 – $1,789.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $478.23 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $853.50 $116.12 – $512.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $853.50 $82.83 – $603.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $853.50 $78.66 – $491.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $853.50 $109.29 – $512.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $853.50 $129.18 – $603.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $853.50 $207.92 – $603.63

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