Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$14.00
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.
$40.00
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.
$6.00 with Aetna vs $72.62 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.36 | ↓ -26% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $14.51 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $14.51 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.24 | ↑ +9% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.24 | ↑ +9% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $15.24 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $17.27 | ↑ +23% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.27 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $17.27 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $17.27 | ↑ +23% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $17.27 | ↑ +23% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $17.79 | ↑ +27% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $17.79 | ↑ +27% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $17.79 | ↑ +27% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $18.13 | ↑ +30% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $18.48 | ↑ +32% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $18.48 | ↑ +32% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $19.44 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $19.44 | ↑ +39% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $20.00 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $20.46 | ↑ +46% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $25.04 | ↑ +79% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $25.91 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $26.60 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $26.77 | ↑ +91% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $28.50 | ↑ +104% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $32.16 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $40.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $40.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $40.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $40.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $43.17 | ↑ +208% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $44.40 | ↑ +217% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $44.90 | ↑ +221% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $72.62 | ↑ +419% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $357.06 | $15.54 – $66.49 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $214.18 | $10.00 – $267.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $66.86 | $12.00 – $100.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $50.23 | $12.00 – $62.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $214.18 | $10.00 – $267.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $66.86 | $12.00 – $100.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $66.86 | $8.00 – $100.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $50.23 | $12.00 – $75.35 |