Apheresis plasma 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

$3,293.01

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.

$9,408.60

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.

$463.85 with CHC vs $4,704.30 with Health First — 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $463.85 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $593.98 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $593.98 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $593.98 ↓ -82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $623.68 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $623.68 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $623.68 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $795.93 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $795.93 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $795.93 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $837.51 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $868.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,403.04 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,411.29 ↓ -57%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,641.94 ↓ -50%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,641.94 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,641.94 ↓ -50%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,641.94 ↓ -50%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,641.94 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $1,673.78 ↓ -49%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $1,691.20 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,691.20 ↓ -49%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,691.20 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $1,722.65 ↓ -48%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,724.04 ↓ -48%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,756.88 ↓ -47%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $1,756.88 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,817.58 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $1,906.01 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,131.03 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,263.39 ↓ -31%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,280.98 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,380.81 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,462.91 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,528.59 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,545.01 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,640.00 ↓ -20%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,456.03 ↑ +5%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,594.27 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,723.00 ↑ +13%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $4,704.30 ↑ +43%

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