Cystine urine quantitative 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

$27.72

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.

$79.20

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.

$11.88 with Aetna vs $95.88 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.24 ↓ -49%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -30%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $20.27 ↓ -27%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $20.27 ↓ -27%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $20.27 ↓ -27%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.27 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -17%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -17%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -17%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -17%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $23.67 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $23.67 ↓ -15%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $23.67 ↓ -15%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $24.13 ↓ -13%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -11%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -11%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $25.86 ↓ -7%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $25.86 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $27.21 ↓ -2%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $33.32 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $34.47 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $35.39 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Exchange $35.62 ↑ +28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $37.92 ↑ +37%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $39.60 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.52 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $55.38 ↑ +100%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $57.45 ↑ +107%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $59.06 ↑ +113%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $59.75 ↑ +116%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $63.68 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $70.32 ↑ +154%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $78.13 ↑ +182%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $79.20 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $79.20 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $79.20 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $95.88 ↑ +246%

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