Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$23.94

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.

$68.40

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.

$10.24 with United vs $393.02 with Entrust — 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 $10.24 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.26 ↓ -3%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $34.20 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $41.04 ↑ +71%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $46.03 ↑ +92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $55.00 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $68.40 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $68.40 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $68.40 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $68.40 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $68.40 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $68.40 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $82.62 ↑ +245%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +617%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +617%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +617%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +617%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↑ +617%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↑ +638%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↑ +638%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↑ +638%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $180.22 ↑ +653%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +667%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↑ +667%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $248.88 ↑ +940%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.41 ↑ +942%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↑ +975%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $264.33 ↑ +1004%
United Commercial|Exchange $266.04 ↑ +1011%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $377.90 ↑ +1479%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $393.02 ↑ +1542%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.66 $35.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $179.44 $36.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $188.19 $36.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.66 $35.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $179.44 $36.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $179.44 $26.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $188.19 $36.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $191.66 $35.00 – $423.12

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