Cath left heart/lv gram 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

$4,122.09

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.

$11,777.40

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.

$706.65 with TCHP vs $12,750.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $706.65 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $706.65 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $946.91 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $946.91 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,600.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,766.61 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,144.00 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,162.34 ↓ -48%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3,221.62 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,221.62 ↓ -22%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,221.62 ↓ -22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,221.62 ↓ -22%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,221.62 ↓ -22%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $3,318.27 ↓ -20%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,318.27 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3,318.27 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $3,382.70 ↓ -18%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,447.13 ↓ -16%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $3,447.13 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,566.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $4,502.92 ↑ +9%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,671.35 ↑ +13%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,832.43 ↑ +17%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,849.27 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,961.29 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,993.51 ↑ +21%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $5,888.70 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,347.38 ↑ +78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $7,540.45 ↑ +83%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7,641.27 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,712.00 ↑ +87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $8,384.53 ↑ +103%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $9,490.33 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $10,430.82 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $10,744.31 ↑ +161%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $12,750.00 ↑ +209%

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