Heart first pass add-on 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

$613.31

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.

$1,752.30

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.

$38.54 with BCBS-TX vs $1,340.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $38.54 ↓ -94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $51.26 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $55.09 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $60.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $61.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $67.46 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $262.85 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $560.74 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $595.79 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $700.92 ↑ +14%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $876.15 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +63%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↑ +118%

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Heart first pass add-on at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $445.54 $67.80 – $668.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $445.54 $67.80 – $556.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $445.54 $82.54 – $668.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $445.54 $230.19 – $668.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $445.54 $67.80 – $668.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $445.54 $67.80 – $631.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $445.54 $67.80 – $668.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $445.54 $67.80 – $668.30

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