App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm addl 100sq cm 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

$390.60

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.

$1,116.00

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.

$167.40 with Aetna vs $3,635.00 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $167.40 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $210.00 ↓ -46%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $558.00 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,635.00 ↑ +831%

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm addl 100sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,051.25 $297.86 – $1,489.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $640.49 $71.00 – $960.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $800.62 $71.00 – $1,000.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,051.25 $280.33 – $1,489.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $640.49 $85.00 – $960.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $640.49 $330.92 – $960.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $800.62 $71.00 – $1,200.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,051.25 $280.33 – $1,489.28

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