Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$23.83
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.
$68.07
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.
$0.02 with BCBS-TX vs $45.61 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $9.36 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10.22 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $11.09 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $11.43 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $13.32 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $16.38 | ↓ -31% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $34.04 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.61 | ↑ +91% |
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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $137.39 | $19.06 – $19.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $389.04 | $9.70 – $49.58 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $47.27 | $18.51 – $22.61 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $370.65 | $9.70 – $49.58 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $354.45 | $9.70 – $49.58 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $10.11 | $0.59 – $2.64 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $18.22 | $5.45 – $40.61 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $10.11 | $0.59 – $2.64 |