Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance 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

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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.

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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 $2,640.00 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $111.18
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $118.18
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $118.18
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $118.18
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $124.09
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $124.09
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $124.09
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $158.36
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $158.36
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $158.36
CHC Medicaid|STAR $166.63
United Commercial|All Other Plans $210.00
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $361.63
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $385.41
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $399.69
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $399.69
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $399.69
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $399.69
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $399.69
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $411.68
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $411.68
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $411.68
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $419.67
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $427.67
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $427.67
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $452.11
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $453.87
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $465.31
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $523.57
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $579.55
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $585.38
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $599.54
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $615.52
United Commercial|Exchange $619.52
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $621.74
Humana Commercial|All Plans $687.67
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $715.18
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,640.00
Health First Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital

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