#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$39.38

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.

$112.50

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.

$14.17 with TCHP vs $90.45 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 $14.17 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.17 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.24 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.88 ↓ -62%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $14.88 ↓ -62%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.88 ↓ -62%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $16.53 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -57%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -57%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -57%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -57%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.88 ↓ -57%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -56%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $17.71 ↓ -55%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -54%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $18.99 ↓ -52%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $18.99 ↓ -52%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $19.98 ↓ -49%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $24.46 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $25.31 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $25.98 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.15 ↓ -34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.84 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $40.66 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $42.17 ↑ +7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $43.36 ↑ +10%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $43.86 ↑ +11%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $56.25 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $59.05 ↑ +50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $60.23 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $63.74 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $67.50 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $70.69 ↑ +80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $70.82 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $71.20 ↑ +81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $90.45 ↑ +130%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $300.00 $12.00 – $252.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $300.00 $8.00 – $252.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $300.00 $12.00 – $245.00
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