Cytopath smear other source 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

$113.05

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.

$323.00

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.

$21.89 with United vs $319.26 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.89 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $48.45 ↓ -57%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -53%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -53%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↓ -51%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $56.20 ↓ -50%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -49%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -49%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $77.19 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $77.60 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $82.42 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Exchange $82.96 ↓ -27%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $83.09 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $109.82 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $119.22 ↑ +5%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $125.90 ↑ +11%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $130.94 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $136.78 ↑ +21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $151.98 ↑ +34%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $161.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $173.15 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $176.61 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $193.80 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $207.28 ↑ +83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $259.70 ↑ +130%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $319.26 ↑ +182%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $145.31 $35.00 – $181.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $112.99 $23.26 – $169.49
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $112.99 $36.00 – $169.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $112.99 $26.00 – $169.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $112.99 $36.00 – $169.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $145.31 $35.00 – $181.63

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