Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$78.28
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.
$223.65
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.
$10.24 with United vs $179.97 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.
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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.24 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $20.36 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -50% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -50% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -50% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -50% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -48% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -48% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $41.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -46% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.15 | ↓ -41% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $48.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $56.61 | ↓ -28% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $57.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $58.97 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $60.54 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $60.93 | ↓ -22% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $67.87 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $80.57 | ↑ +3% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $81.44 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $85.78 | ↑ +10% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $89.21 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $97.31 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $108.12 | ↑ +38% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $109.13 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $117.01 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $119.35 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $135.73 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $179.97 | ↑ +130% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $142.94 | $35.00 – $178.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $180.40 | $36.00 – $270.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $175.15 | $35.03 – $218.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $142.94 | $35.00 – $178.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $180.40 | $35.64 – $270.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $180.40 | $26.00 – $270.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $175.15 | $35.64 – $262.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $142.94 | $35.00 – $178.68 |