Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$21.00
Cash price 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.
$60.00
Gross charge 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.
$4.37 with United vs $48.24 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.37 | ↓ -79% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $6.54 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $6.54 | ↓ -69% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.87 | ↓ -67% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $6.87 | ↓ -67% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $6.87 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.87 | ↓ -67% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.78 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $7.78 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $7.78 | ↓ -63% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $7.78 | ↓ -63% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $7.78 | ↓ -63% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $8.01 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $8.01 | ↓ -62% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $8.01 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $8.17 | ↓ -61% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $8.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $8.32 | ↓ -60% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $8.76 | ↓ -58% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $8.76 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.00 | ↓ -57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $9.22 | ↓ -56% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $11.28 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $11.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $11.98 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $12.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12.84 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $18.75 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $19.45 | ↓ -7% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $20.01 | ↓ -5% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $20.23 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $23.81 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $26.45 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $27.23 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $27.77 | ↑ +32% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $30.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $31.95 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $32.60 | ↑ +55% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $36.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $48.24 | ↑ +130% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $61.52 | $6.08 – $18.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $58.98 | $2.08 – $18.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $61.52 | $6.54 – $18.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $61.52 | $6.54 – $18.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $58.98 | $7.00 – $18.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $58.98 | $6.54 – $18.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $61.52 | $6.54 – $18.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $61.52 | $6.54 – $18.67 |