Chromatography at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$21.42
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.
$61.20
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.
$9.18 with Aetna vs $75.56 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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| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.18 | ↓ -57% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $15.17 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $15.17 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.25 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.93 | ↓ -26% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.93 | ↓ -26% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $15.93 | ↓ -26% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $17.69 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $18.06 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $18.06 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $18.06 | ↓ -16% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $18.06 | ↓ -16% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $18.06 | ↓ -16% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $18.60 | ↓ -13% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $18.60 | ↓ -13% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $18.60 | ↓ -13% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $18.96 | ↓ -11% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $19.32 | ↓ -10% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $19.32 | ↓ -10% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $20.33 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $20.33 | ↓ -5% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $21.39 | ↓ -0% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $26.19 | ↑ +22% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $27.09 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $27.81 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $27.99 | ↑ +31% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $29.80 | ↑ +39% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $30.60 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $36.72 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $43.52 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $45.15 | ↑ +111% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $46.42 | ↑ +117% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $46.96 | ↑ +119% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $49.21 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $61.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $61.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $61.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $61.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $61.20 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $75.56 | ↑ +253% |
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Chromatography at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $197.07 | $10.00 – $43.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $197.07 | $7.06 – $51.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $197.07 | $12.00 – $43.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $197.07 | $10.00 – $43.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $197.07 | $12.00 – $51.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $197.07 | $8.00 – $51.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $197.07 | $12.00 – $51.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $197.07 | $10.00 – $43.34 |