17-ketosteroids at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital

100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$20.79

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.

$59.40

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.

$8.91 with Aetna vs $53.77 with Cigna — 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.75 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.75 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.81 ↓ -48%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.29 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $11.29 ↓ -46%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.29 ↓ -46%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $12.54 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -38%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -38%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -38%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -38%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -37%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -37%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -37%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $13.44 ↓ -35%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -34%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.40 ↓ -31%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.40 ↓ -31%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $15.16 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $18.56 ↓ -11%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $19.71 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Exchange $19.84 ↓ -5%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.12 ↑ +2%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $29.70 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $30.85 ↑ +48%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $32.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $32.90 ↑ +58%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $33.28 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.64 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $44.80 ↑ +115%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $45.70 ↑ +120%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $47.76 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $48.35 ↑ +133%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $53.63 ↑ +158%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $53.72 ↑ +158%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $53.77 ↑ +159%

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