Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution 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

$309.81

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.

$885.15

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.

$26.37 with BCBS - TX vs $885.15 with Bright Health — 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $26.37 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $29.75 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $51.28 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $64.35 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $78.62 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $188.83 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $199.07 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $199.07 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Exchange $231.24 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Charter $348.15 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|PPO $348.15 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|HMO $348.15 ↑ +12%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $531.09 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $575.35 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $575.35 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $619.61 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $619.61 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $619.61 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $663.87 ↑ +114%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $885.15 ↑ +186%

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,460.12 $47.41 – $580.60
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $72.22 $93.13 – $93.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $237.70 $67.35 – $336.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $237.70 $48.93 – $356.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $237.70 $47.54 – $297.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $237.70 $63.39 – $336.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $237.70 $76.30 – $356.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $237.70 $122.81 – $356.54

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