Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$524.30
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.
$1,498.00
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.
$180.77 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 | $180.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $224.70 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $235.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $235.39 | ↓ -55% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $235.39 | ↓ -55% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $247.16 | ↓ -53% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $247.16 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $247.16 | ↓ -53% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $315.42 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $315.42 | ↓ -40% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $315.42 | ↓ -40% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $331.90 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $501.00 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +18% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +18% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +18% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $637.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $637.84 | ↑ +22% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $637.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $650.22 | ↑ +24% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $662.61 | ↑ +26% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $662.61 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $668.34 | ↑ +27% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $720.29 | ↑ +37% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $839.22 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $863.72 | ↑ +65% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $897.93 | ↑ +71% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $903.92 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $907.93 | ↑ +73% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $928.89 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $953.66 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $959.85 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,015.12 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,078.17 | ↑ +106% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,369.58 | ↑ +161% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,424.36 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,803.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,635.00 | ↑ +593% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,347.27 | $223.75 – $1,684.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,515.68 | $71.00 – $2,273.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,347.27 | $71.00 – $1,684.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,347.27 | $223.75 – $1,684.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,515.68 | $85.00 – $2,273.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,515.68 | $223.75 – $2,273.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,347.27 | $71.00 – $2,020.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,347.27 | $223.75 – $1,684.09 |