Warde vitamin e (alpha-tocopherol) 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

$21.74

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.

$62.10

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.

$11.31 with TCHP vs $62.10 with BCBS-TX — 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 $11.31 ↓ -48%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $11.31 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $11.91 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.15 ↓ -44%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.18 ↓ -35%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $14.18 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.18 ↓ -35%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $14.18 ↓ -35%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -33%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -33%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -33%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.17 ↓ -30%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $15.17 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.32 ↓ -25%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $20.70 ↓ -5%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.27 ↓ -2%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $21.27 ↓ -2%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $21.27 ↓ -2%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $23.40 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Charter $26.27 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|HMO $26.27 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.27 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|PPO $26.27 ↑ +21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $26.94 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $33.87 ↑ +56%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $37.16 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $37.26 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $37.38 ↑ +72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.37 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $40.37 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $42.23 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $43.47 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $43.47 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $46.23 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $46.58 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.10 ↑ +135%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $62.10 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $62.10 ↑ +186%

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