Drainage of nose lesion sept 30020 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

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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.

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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.

$0.40 with Cigna vs $3,635.00 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.40
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $136.82
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $189.60
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $189.60
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $189.60
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $199.08
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $199.08
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $199.08
United Commercial|All Other Plans $210.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $212.32
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $237.72
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $244.66
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $254.06
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $254.06
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $254.06
CHC Medicaid|STAR $267.34
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $288.43
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $322.48
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $342.51
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $510.07
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $510.07
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $510.07
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $510.07
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $510.07
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $525.37
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $525.37
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $525.37
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $535.57
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $545.77
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $545.77
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $580.18
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $739.60
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $756.33
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $765.11
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $785.51
United Commercial|Exchange $790.61
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,145.95
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,191.79
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,635.00
Aetna Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Health First Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Drainage of nose lesion sept 30020 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $781.44 $180.23 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $555.62 $71.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $529.16 $71.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $781.44 $180.23 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $555.62 $85.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $555.62 $180.23 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $529.16 $71.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $781.44 $180.23 – $1,363.00

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