Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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

$188.20

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.

$537.71

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.

$0.40 with Cigna vs $3,635.00 with Aetna — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.40 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $80.66 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $210.00 ↑ +12%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↑ +29%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↑ +29%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↑ +29%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $247.02 ↑ +31%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↑ +33%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↑ +33%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↑ +33%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $254.22 ↑ +35%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↑ +38%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↑ +38%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $268.86 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $318.26 ↑ +69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $327.56 ↑ +74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $335.58 ↑ +78%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $351.06 ↑ +87%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $363.17 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $372.85 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $375.19 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|Exchange $375.27 ↑ +99%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $384.80 ↑ +104%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $398.50 ↑ +112%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $583.02 ↑ +210%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $606.35 ↑ +222%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,635.00 ↑ +1831%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,253.36 $291.30 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $627.02 $111.00 – $783.78
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $696.17 $359.69 – $1,044.25
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