Warde analysis gene hfe common variants 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

$464.00

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.

$1,325.70

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.

$52.15 with CHC vs $994.28 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
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $52.15 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $52.16 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $54.90 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $56.00 ↓ -88%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -86%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $66.67 ↓ -86%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $66.67 ↓ -86%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $67.32 ↓ -85%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $69.94 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $69.94 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $75.21 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $95.43 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $98.04 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $98.04 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $98.04 ↓ -79%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $107.84 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Charter $121.04 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $121.04 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Exchange $121.04 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|PPO $121.04 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $124.18 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $156.14 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $171.29 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $172.29 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $213.07 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $235.56 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $286.28 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $335.30 ↓ -28%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $782.17 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $795.42 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $861.71 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $861.71 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $901.48 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $927.99 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $927.99 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $994.28 ↑ +114%

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