2019-ncov diagnostic p 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

$12.95

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.

$37.00

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.

$5.55 with Aetna vs $101.13 with UNITED — 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 $5.55 ↓ -57%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $18.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.55 ↑ +66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $22.20 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $29.75 ↑ +130%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $31.68 ↑ +145%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $31.68 ↑ +145%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $31.68 ↑ +145%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.05 ↑ +155%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.05 ↑ +155%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $35.92 ↑ +177%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $35.92 ↑ +177%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $35.92 ↑ +177%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $35.92 ↑ +177%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $35.92 ↑ +177%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $35.92 ↑ +177%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $37.00 ↑ +186%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $37.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $37.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $37.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $37.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $37.00 ↑ +186%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $37.00 ↑ +186%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $37.72 ↑ +191%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $37.72 ↑ +191%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $38.43 ↑ +197%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $38.43 ↑ +197%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $42.54 ↑ +228%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $44.29 ↑ +242%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $44.29 ↑ +242%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $52.08 ↑ +302%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $53.88 ↑ +316%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $55.32 ↑ +327%
United Commercial|Exchange $55.68 ↑ +330%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $59.27 ↑ +358%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $89.80 ↑ +593%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $93.39 ↑ +621%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $101.13 ↑ +681%

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2019-ncov diagnostic p at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $85.40 $28.66 – $183.00
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $49.37 $35.92 – $68.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $32.33 – $138.29
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $29.57 – $75.43
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $33.19 – $52.08
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $29.57 – $75.43
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $29.57 – $75.43
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $33.19 – $52.08

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