Contrast x-ray of elbow at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$575.82
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.
$1,645.20
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.
$95.08 with CHC vs $1,322.75 with Wellpoint — 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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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $95.08 | ↓ -83% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $98.72 | ↓ -83% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $105.25 | ↓ -82% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.25 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.25 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $112.26 | ↓ -81% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $132.28 | ↓ -77% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $141.34 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $150.43 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $246.78 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $343.52 | ↓ -40% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -38% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -38% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -38% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $368.44 | ↓ -36% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $368.44 | ↓ -36% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $368.44 | ↓ -36% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $375.60 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $376.09 | ↓ -35% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $382.75 | ↓ -34% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $382.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $518.68 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $526.47 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $536.57 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $550.87 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $554.45 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $559.37 | ↓ -3% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $615.81 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $729.33 | ↑ +27% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $822.60 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $933.05 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $969.90 | ↑ +68% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $970.37 | ↑ +69% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $987.12 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,042.45 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $1,099.85 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,164.64 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $1,223.07 | ↑ +112% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,322.75 | ↑ +130% |
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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $495.60 | $100.24 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $960.60 | $197.72 – $1,440.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,047.42 | $100.24 – $1,309.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $495.60 | $100.24 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $960.60 | $107.26 – $1,440.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $960.60 | $100.24 – $1,440.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,047.42 | $100.24 – $1,571.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $495.60 | $100.24 – $952.69 |