Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$183.75

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.

$525.00

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.

$78.75 with Aetna vs $525.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $78.75 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $168.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↑ +11%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↑ +11%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↑ +11%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↑ +11%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $209.83 ↑ +14%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $209.83 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $209.83 ↑ +14%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $213.91 ↑ +16%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $217.98 ↑ +19%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $217.98 ↑ +19%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $262.50 ↑ +43%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $295.39 ↑ +61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $305.58 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $313.73 ↑ +71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $314.34 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Exchange $315.77 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $369.03 ↑ +101%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $410.04 ↑ +123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $434.15 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $459.90 ↑ +150%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $476.27 ↑ +159%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $495.33 ↑ +170%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $522.45 ↑ +184%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $525.00 ↑ +186%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $254.71 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.79 $66.81 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $196.34 $40.41 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $185.17 $37.03 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $235.79 $62.88 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $196.34 $63.03 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $196.34 $101.44 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $185.17 $61.72 – $528.37

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