Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 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

$162.05

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.

$463.00

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.

$69.45 with Aetna vs $2,831.00 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $69.45 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $210.00 ↑ +30%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $228.07 ↑ +41%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $228.07 ↑ +41%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $228.07 ↑ +41%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $231.50 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $239.47 ↑ +48%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $239.47 ↑ +48%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $239.47 ↑ +48%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $305.61 ↑ +89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $305.61 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $305.61 ↑ +89%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $321.58 ↑ +98%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $404.46 ↑ +150%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $526.84 ↑ +225%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $613.12 ↑ +278%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $613.12 ↑ +278%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $613.12 ↑ +278%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $613.12 ↑ +278%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $613.12 ↑ +278%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $631.51 ↑ +290%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $631.51 ↑ +290%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $631.51 ↑ +290%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $643.78 ↑ +297%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $656.04 ↑ +305%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $656.04 ↑ +305%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $668.83 ↑ +313%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $688.36 ↑ +325%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $697.89 ↑ +331%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $715.71 ↑ +342%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $800.20 ↑ +394%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $849.90 ↑ +424%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $875.84 ↑ +440%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $889.02 ↑ +449%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $919.68 ↑ +468%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $944.20 ↑ +483%
United Commercial|Exchange $950.34 ↑ +486%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,327.03 ↑ +719%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,380.11 ↑ +752%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,640.00 ↑ +1529%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,831.00 ↑ +1647%

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