Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$257.60

Cash price

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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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$736.00

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.

$91.00 with BCBS-TX vs $539.08 with Entrust — 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

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|PPO-POS $91.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $93.79 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $96.40 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $104.21 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $109.51 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $110.40 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $121.85 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -18%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -18%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -18%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -18%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $217.36 ↓ -16%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $217.36 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $217.36 ↓ -16%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $221.58 ↓ -14%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $225.80 ↓ -12%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $225.80 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $235.52 ↓ -9%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $305.99 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $316.55 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $324.99 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Exchange $327.10 ↑ +27%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $342.11 ↑ +33%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $368.00 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $518.35 ↑ +101%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $539.08 ↑ +109%

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,833.06 $148.46 – $148.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $488.60 $118.38 – $610.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $558.06 $114.87 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $527.15 $105.43 – $658.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $488.60 $90.23 – $610.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $558.06 $142.29 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $558.06 $288.33 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $527.15 $116.45 – $790.73

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