Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$25.73
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.
$73.50
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.
$11.03 with Aetna vs $61.04 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 | $11.03 | ↓ -57% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $12.08 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $12.08 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.14 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.68 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.68 | ↓ -51% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $12.68 | ↓ -51% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $14.09 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -44% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -44% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -44% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $14.81 | ↓ -42% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $14.81 | ↓ -42% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $14.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $15.10 | ↓ -41% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $15.39 | ↓ -40% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $15.39 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $16.19 | ↓ -37% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $16.19 | ↓ -37% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $17.03 | ↓ -34% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $20.85 | ↓ -19% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $21.57 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $22.15 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $22.29 | ↓ -13% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $23.73 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $34.66 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $35.95 | ↑ +40% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $36.75 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $36.96 | ↑ +44% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $37.39 | ↑ +45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $44.10 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $50.33 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $51.34 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $54.35 | ↑ +111% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $59.10 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $60.25 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $60.38 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $61.04 | ↑ +137% |
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $409.73 | $12.94 – $55.36 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $140.84 | $10.00 – $75.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $107.24 | $12.00 – $90.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $128.15 | $12.00 – $75.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $140.84 | $10.00 – $75.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $107.24 | $12.00 – $90.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $107.24 | $8.00 – $90.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $128.15 | $12.00 – $90.00 |