Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$111.36
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.
$318.15
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.
$11.98 with Cigna vs $496.32 with CHC — 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 | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $47.73 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $75.53 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $77.89 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $90.71 | ↓ -19% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $104.99 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $111.61 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $115.91 | ↑ +4% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $127.26 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $128.79 | ↑ +16% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $159.08 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $206.80 | ↑ +86% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $206.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $213.17 | ↑ +91% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $496.32 | ↑ +346% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $268.61 | $129.82 – $129.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $826.69 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $2,170.07 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $951.07 | $31.57 – $134.63 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $948.51 | $9.16 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $2,104.69 | $9.16 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $2,091.60 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $207.27 | $15.72 – $592.20 |