Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$53.98

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.

$154.22

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.

$5.60 with United vs $124.00 with Wellpoint — 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.60 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.86 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.86 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.25 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.25 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $8.25 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $8.25 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -83%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -83%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $9.64 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $9.64 ↓ -82%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $9.64 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $9.83 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.02 ↓ -81%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $10.02 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $10.53 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $10.53 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $11.08 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $13.57 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.04 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $14.41 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.51 ↓ -73%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $15.44 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $22.56 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $23.14 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $23.40 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.05 ↓ -55%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $24.34 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $28.64 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $31.82 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $32.76 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $33.42 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $39.21 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $39.22 ↓ -27%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $77.11 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.54 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $124.00 ↑ +130%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $99.86 $7.86 – $124.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $104.08 $12.00 – $156.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $98.02 $7.86 – $122.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $99.86 $7.86 – $124.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $104.08 $8.41 – $156.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $104.08 $7.86 – $156.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $98.02 $7.86 – $147.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $99.86 $7.86 – $124.82

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