Fibrinogen activity 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

$85.63

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.

$244.65

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.

$7.17 with United vs $196.70 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 $7.17 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.16 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.16 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.57 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $8.57 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $8.57 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.57 ↓ -90%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -89%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -89%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -89%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $10.01 ↓ -88%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $10.01 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $10.01 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $10.21 ↓ -88%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.40 ↓ -88%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $10.40 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $10.93 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $10.93 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $11.51 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $14.09 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.58 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $14.97 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Exchange $15.07 ↓ -82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $23.43 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $24.30 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.97 ↓ -71%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $32.10 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $34.02 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $34.70 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $35.67 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $36.70 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $40.68 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $40.73 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $83.19 ↓ -3%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $122.33 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $146.79 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $196.70 ↑ +130%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.03 $9.53 – $69.44
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $147.36 $8.16 – $57.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $134.03 $8.73 – $69.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $134.03 $8.00 – $69.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $126.22 $8.16 – $69.44

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