Cell marker study at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$91.04
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$260.10
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$21.89 with United vs $464.18 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $39.02 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↓ -41% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↓ -41% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↓ -41% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↓ -41% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $55.13 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $55.13 | ↓ -39% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $55.13 | ↓ -39% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $56.20 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $57.27 | ↓ -37% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $57.27 | ↓ -37% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $77.60 | ↓ -15% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $80.28 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $82.42 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $82.96 | ↓ -9% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $83.09 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.44 | ↓ -3% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $104.41 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $119.22 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $125.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $130.05 | ↑ +43% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $130.94 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $136.78 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $151.98 | ↑ +67% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $156.06 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $173.15 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $176.61 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $207.28 | ↑ +128% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $209.13 | ↑ +130% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $464.18 | ↑ +410% |
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Cell marker study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $825.00 | $35.00 – $382.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $825.00 | $36.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $825.00 | $36.00 – $343.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $825.00 | $35.00 – $382.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $825.00 | $36.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $825.00 | $26.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $825.00 | $36.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $825.00 | $35.00 – $382.27 |