Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$436.10
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.
$1,246.00
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.
$22.71 with CHC 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.
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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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $22.71 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $29.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $29.41 | ↓ -93% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $29.41 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -93% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -93% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $32.90 | ↓ -92% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $39.41 | ↓ -91% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $39.41 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $39.41 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $39.95 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $41.12 | ↓ -91% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $41.47 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $44.70 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $49.97 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $53.08 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $89.99 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $186.90 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $210.00 | ↓ -52% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↓ -32% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↓ -32% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↓ -32% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $304.54 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $304.54 | ↓ -30% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $304.54 | ↓ -30% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $310.45 | ↓ -29% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $316.37 | ↓ -27% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $316.37 | ↓ -27% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $428.72 | ↓ -2% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $436.92 | ↑ +0% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $443.51 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $455.33 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $458.29 | ↑ +5% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $623.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $662.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $688.48 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,803.00 | ↑ +313% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,635.00 | ↑ +734% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $658.01 | $38.80 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $715.37 | $27.96 – $894.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $592.44 | $29.92 – $888.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,080.06 | $27.96 – $1,350.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $715.37 | $27.96 – $894.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $592.44 | $29.92 – $888.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $592.44 | $27.96 – $888.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,080.06 | $27.96 – $1,620.09 |