Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$23.60
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.
$67.41
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.
$2.09 with Cigna vs $45.17 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10.12 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $14.37 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $15.97 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $16.98 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $17.51 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $20.39 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $25.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $33.71 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.17 | ↑ +91% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $39.88 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $51.89 | $7.09 – $30.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.09 | $2.57 – $17.33 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $47.66 | $2.06 – $285.96 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |