Design mlc device for imrt 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

$2,198.79

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.

$6,282.25

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.

$366.66 with BCBS vs $3,141.13 with Health First — 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -83%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -83%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -83%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -83%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $384.99 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -82%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $531.66 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $564.66 ↓ -74%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $566.30 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Exchange $568.32 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $858.02 ↓ -61%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $892.35 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $942.34 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $984.40 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $1,006.83 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $1,117.05 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $1,121.44 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,191.35 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,342.37 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,010.32 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,135.97 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,512.90 ↑ +14%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $3,141.13 ↑ +43%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,980.92 $357.33 – $2,476.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,981.28 $407.81 – $2,971.93
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,980.92 $268.47 – $2,476.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,981.28 $357.33 – $2,971.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,981.28 $915.33 – $2,971.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,677.86 $357.33 – $2,516.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,980.92 $357.33 – $2,476.16

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