Russell viper venom diluted 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

$72.45

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.

$207.00

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.

$7.65 with TCHP vs $93.83 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $7.65 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $7.65 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $8.05 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.21 ↓ -89%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.58 ↓ -87%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $9.58 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.58 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9.58 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $9.77 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $9.77 ↓ -87%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $9.87 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.25 ↓ -86%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $10.25 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $11.03 ↓ -85%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $13.99 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.37 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $14.37 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $14.37 ↓ -80%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $15.81 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Charter $17.75 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $17.75 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $17.75 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|PPO $17.75 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $18.20 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $23.13 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.12 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $25.52 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $31.23 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.90 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $41.96 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $49.15 ↓ -32%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $75.06 ↑ +4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $81.32 ↑ +12%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $81.32 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $85.07 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $87.57 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $87.57 ↑ +21%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $93.83 ↑ +30%

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