Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection 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

$27.92

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.

$79.77

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.

$0.51 with Cigna vs $24.57 with CHC — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.51 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $5.01 ↓ -82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5.20 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $5.57 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $5.67 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5.84 ↓ -79%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $6.30 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $6.81 ↓ -76%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $7.88 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $8.37 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.24 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $10.24 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.56 ↓ -62%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $24.57 ↓ -12%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $173.29 $9.74 – $9.74
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $130.23 $1.68 – $10.10
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $75.34 $0.64 – $4.73
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $66.68 $0.30 – $1.34
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $66.68 $0.30 – $1.34
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $66.68 $0.30 – $1.34
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $66.68 $0.30 – $1.34
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $66.68 $0.30 – $1.34

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