ER Visit (level 1, minor) at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$276.85
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.
$791.00
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.
$47.46 with TCHP vs $1,811.00 with Cigna — 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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| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $47.46 | ↓ -83% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $47.46 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $51.36 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $51.36 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $51.36 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.93 | ↓ -81% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.93 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $75.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $75.00 | ↓ -73% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $88.19 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $88.19 | ↓ -68% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $88.19 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $88.19 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $88.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $90.84 | ↓ -67% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $90.84 | ↓ -67% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $90.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $92.60 | ↓ -67% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $94.36 | ↓ -66% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $94.36 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $118.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $121.31 | ↓ -56% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $127.88 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $132.29 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $135.81 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $135.95 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $136.69 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $151.05 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $164.30 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $174.05 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $183.80 | ↓ -34% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $191.15 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $197.72 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $220.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $268.94 | ↓ -3% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $316.40 | ↑ +14% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $316.40 | ↑ +14% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $316.40 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $354.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $395.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,811.00 | ↑ +554% |
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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $409.49 | $268.04 – $268.04 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $286.94 | $80.47 – $6,299.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $312.33 | $64.29 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $333.31 | $66.66 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $286.94 | $76.52 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $312.33 | $80.47 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $312.33 | $161.37 – $600.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $333.31 | $80.47 – $600.00 |