Appl halo type body cast 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

$181.13

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.

$517.50

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.

$77.63 with Aetna vs $1,803.00 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.

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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 $77.63 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $105.05 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $105.05 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $105.05 ↓ -42%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $110.30 ↓ -39%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $110.30 ↓ -39%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $110.30 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $140.77 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $140.77 ↓ -22%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $140.77 ↓ -22%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $148.12 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $210.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $243.61 ↑ +34%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $258.75 ↑ +43%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +47%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +47%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +47%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +47%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +47%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +51%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +51%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $279.31 ↑ +54%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +57%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $321.45 ↑ +77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $325.07 ↑ +79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $330.94 ↑ +83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $334.56 ↑ +85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $370.01 ↑ +104%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $385.71 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $392.99 ↑ +117%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $399.02 ↑ +120%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $403.43 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $409.66 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|Exchange $412.32 ↑ +128%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $463.85 ↑ +156%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $611.25 ↑ +237%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $635.70 ↑ +251%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,803.00 ↑ +895%

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Appl halo type body cast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $237.24 $99.86 – $434.36
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $287.28 – $4,826.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $97.86 – $367.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $107.15 – $471.13
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $97.86 – $399.89
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $97.86 – $409.08
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $107.15 – $409.08
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $107.15 – $471.13

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