Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$84.32

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$240.90

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.60 with United vs $55.00 with Wellpoint — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.60 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.69 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.69 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.17 ↓ -88%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $10.17 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $10.17 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $10.17 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -86%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $11.89 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $11.89 ↓ -86%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $11.89 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12.12 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $12.98 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $12.98 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $13.66 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $16.73 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $17.31 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $17.77 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Exchange $17.89 ↓ -79%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $19.04 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.26 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $27.81 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $28.85 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $29.65 ↓ -65%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↓ -64%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $34.20 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $38.49 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $40.39 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $41.04 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $41.20 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $42.77 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $47.94 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $48.35 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $55.00 ↓ -35%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $117.44 $9.69 – $146.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $156.10 $12.00 – $234.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.16 $9.69 – $136.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $117.44 $9.69 – $146.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $156.10 $10.37 – $234.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $156.10 $8.00 – $234.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $109.16 $9.69 – $163.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $117.44 $9.69 – $146.80

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →