Homocysteine 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

$48.65

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.

$139.00

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.

$14.24 with United vs $111.76 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.24 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.05 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.05 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.80 ↓ -68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $15.80 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $15.80 ↓ -68%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $16.53 ↓ -66%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.92 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.92 ↓ -63%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17.92 ↓ -63%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $17.92 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $17.92 ↓ -63%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $18.46 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $18.46 ↓ -62%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $18.46 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $18.82 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.17 ↓ -61%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $19.17 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $20.17 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $20.17 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.85 ↓ -57%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.22 ↓ -56%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $25.98 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26.88 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $27.60 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Exchange $27.78 ↓ -43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $29.57 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $43.19 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $44.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $46.05 ↓ -5%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $46.59 ↓ -4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $62.72 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $63.74 ↑ +31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $63.97 ↑ +31%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $69.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $70.82 ↑ +46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $75.08 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $75.56 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $83.40 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $111.76 ↑ +130%

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