Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$107.96

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.

$308.45

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.

$46.27 with Aetna vs $294.94 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 $46.27 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $58.97 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $58.97 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $59.27 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $61.92 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $61.92 ↓ -43%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $61.92 ↓ -43%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $68.79 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -35%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -35%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -35%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $72.31 ↓ -33%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $72.31 ↓ -33%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $72.31 ↓ -33%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $73.71 ↓ -32%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $75.11 ↓ -30%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $75.11 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $79.02 ↓ -27%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $79.02 ↓ -27%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $83.15 ↓ -23%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $101.79 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $105.30 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $108.11 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|Exchange $108.81 ↑ +1%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $115.83 ↑ +7%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $154.23 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $169.18 ↑ +57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $175.50 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $180.45 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $182.52 ↑ +69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $185.07 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $245.70 ↑ +128%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $248.00 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $250.61 ↑ +132%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $265.18 ↑ +146%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $294.14 ↑ +172%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $294.64 ↑ +173%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $294.94 ↑ +173%

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