Decalcification at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$27.93
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.
$79.80
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.
$6.62 with United vs $64.16 with Wellpoint — 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 | $6.62 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.97 | ↓ -57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $17.68 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $21.71 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.14 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $28.55 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $31.54 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $31.72 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $32.17 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $36.15 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $37.75 | ↑ +35% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $39.90 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $47.88 | ↑ +71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $64.16 | ↑ +130% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Decalcification at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $127.58 | $34.69 – $34.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $88.31 | $10.00 – $125.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $94.87 | $12.00 – $142.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $91.04 | $12.00 – $113.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $88.31 | $10.00 – $125.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $94.87 | $12.00 – $142.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $94.87 | $8.00 – $142.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $91.04 | $12.00 – $136.57 |