Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$27.65

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.

$79.00

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.

$8.92 with United vs $63.93 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 $8.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.85 ↓ -57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $13.22 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.54 ↓ -47%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.54 ↓ -47%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.67 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $15.67 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $15.67 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -34%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -34%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -34%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -34%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $18.74 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $18.74 ↓ -32%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $18.74 ↓ -32%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $19.10 ↓ -31%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $19.46 ↓ -30%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.46 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $19.48 ↓ -30%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $19.48 ↓ -30%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.04 ↓ -24%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.27 ↓ -5%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $26.38 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.86 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $27.29 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $28.01 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|Exchange $28.19 ↑ +2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $36.44 ↑ +32%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $39.80 ↑ +44%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $41.39 ↑ +50%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.49 ↑ +61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $44.83 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.40 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $49.81 ↑ +80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $52.92 ↑ +91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $53.98 ↑ +95%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $63.35 ↑ +129%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $63.52 ↑ +130%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $63.93 ↑ +131%

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