Acute hepatitis panel 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

$236.60

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.

$676.00

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.

$8.08 with TCHP vs $543.51 with Wellpoint — 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 Other Plans $8.08 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.08 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.08 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $10.83 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $10.83 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.72 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.21 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $42.01 ↓ -82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $42.01 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $42.01 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -80%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -80%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -80%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $49.06 ↓ -79%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $49.06 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $49.06 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $50.01 ↓ -79%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $50.96 ↓ -78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $50.96 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $56.41 ↓ -76%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $69.06 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $71.45 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $73.35 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Exchange $73.83 ↓ -69%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $78.59 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $101.40 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $114.79 ↓ -51%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $119.08 ↓ -50%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $123.84 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $166.71 ↓ -30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $170.04 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $179.96 ↓ -24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $199.57 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $199.95 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $200.49 ↓ -15%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $338.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $405.60 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $543.51 ↑ +130%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $418.81 $12.00 – $628.21
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $418.81 $12.00 – $628.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $418.81 $8.00 – $628.21
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