Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$656.60

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.

$1,876.00

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.

$97.53 with CHC vs $938.00 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $97.53 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $98.24 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $103.15 ↓ -84%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $103.15 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $103.15 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.56 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $131.64 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $138.52 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $150.84 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $161.31 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $174.36 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $179.23 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $184.70 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $209.82 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $233.46 ↓ -64%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -63%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -63%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↓ -62%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $254.22 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↓ -61%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $281.40 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $300.61 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $351.06 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $363.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $372.85 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Exchange $375.27 ↓ -43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $384.80 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $583.02 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $600.32 ↓ -9%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $606.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $637.84 ↓ -3%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $938.00 ↑ +43%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $974.85 $284.44 – $284.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $838.44 $104.39 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $838.44 $97.56 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $838.44 $97.56 – $1,257.66

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