Creatinine 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

$36.40

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.

$104.00

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.

$4.30 with TCHP vs $51.46 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.

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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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.30 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.30 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.33 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $4.51 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.51 ↓ -88%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $4.51 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5.02 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -86%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $5.27 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $5.27 ↓ -86%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $5.27 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5.38 ↓ -85%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.48 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $5.48 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $5.76 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $5.76 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $6.06 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7.42 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.68 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $7.88 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.94 ↓ -78%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.45 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.60 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $12.34 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.16 ↓ -64%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $13.31 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $17.92 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $18.28 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $19.37 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $21.45 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $21.52 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $21.79 ↓ -40%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $32.00 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.40 ↑ +5%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $51.46 ↑ +41%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $64.85 $4.60 – $48.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $64.85 $4.30 – $48.94
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