Chlamydia culture 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

$57.96

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$165.60

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$16.46 with TCHP vs $133.15 with Wellpoint — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.46 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.46 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.54 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $17.28 ↓ -70%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $19.20 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -66%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -66%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -66%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -66%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $20.19 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $20.19 ↓ -65%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $20.19 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $20.58 ↓ -64%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20.97 ↓ -64%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $20.97 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $22.06 ↓ -62%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $22.06 ↓ -62%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $23.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $24.84 ↓ -57%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $28.42 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $29.40 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $30.18 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Exchange $30.38 ↓ -48%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $32.34 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $47.24 ↓ -18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -15%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $50.37 ↓ -13%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $50.96 ↓ -12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $68.60 ↑ +18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $69.97 ↑ +21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $74.02 ↑ +28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $82.12 ↑ +42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $82.25 ↑ +42%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $82.80 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $82.82 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $99.36 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $133.15 ↑ +130%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Chlamydia culture at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $159.41 $10.00 – $199.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $147.60 $12.00 – $221.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $147.60 $12.00 – $184.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $159.41 $10.00 – $199.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $147.60 $12.00 – $221.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $147.60 $8.00 – $221.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $147.60 $12.00 – $221.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $159.41 $10.00 – $199.26

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →