H pylori (c-13) breath at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$140.35
Cash price 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.
$401.00
Gross charge 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.
$45.90 with Aetna vs $283.32 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $45.90 | ↓ -67% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $56.58 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $56.58 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.87 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.41 | ↓ -58% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.41 | ↓ -58% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $59.41 | ↓ -58% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $66.01 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↓ -52% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↓ -52% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↓ -52% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $69.38 | ↓ -51% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $69.38 | ↓ -51% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $69.38 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $70.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $72.08 | ↓ -49% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $72.08 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $75.82 | ↓ -46% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $75.82 | ↓ -46% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $79.78 | ↓ -43% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $97.67 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $101.04 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $103.73 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $104.41 | ↓ -26% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $111.14 | ↓ -21% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $153.00 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $162.34 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $168.40 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $173.13 | ↑ +23% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $175.14 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $183.60 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $235.76 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $240.48 | ↑ +71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $246.03 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $254.47 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $282.24 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $282.74 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $283.32 | ↑ +102% |
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H pylori (c-13) breath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $231.31 | $10.00 – $289.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $240.52 | $12.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $240.52 | $12.00 – $300.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $231.31 | $10.00 – $289.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $240.52 | $12.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $240.52 | $8.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $240.52 | $12.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $231.31 | $10.00 – $289.14 |