C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$69.83

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.

$199.50

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.

$10.88 with TCHP vs $160.40 with Wellpoint — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.88 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.88 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.93 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.42 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.42 ↓ -84%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $11.42 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $12.69 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -81%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -81%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -81%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $13.34 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $13.34 ↓ -81%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $13.34 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $13.60 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.86 ↓ -80%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $13.86 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.58 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.58 ↓ -79%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $15.34 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $18.78 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.43 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $19.94 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Exchange $20.07 ↓ -71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.37 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $29.93 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $31.21 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $32.38 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.29 ↓ -52%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $33.67 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $45.33 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $46.23 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $48.90 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $53.77 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $54.26 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $54.33 ↓ -22%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $99.75 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $119.70 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $160.40 ↑ +130%

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