Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a & b 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

$101.50

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.

$290.00

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.

$43.50 with Aetna vs $401.53 with UNITED — 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $43.50 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $85.56 ↓ -16%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $125.80 ↑ +24%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $125.80 ↑ +24%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $125.80 ↑ +24%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.22 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.22 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +41%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +41%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +41%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +41%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +41%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $145.00 ↑ +43%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $146.91 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $146.91 ↑ +45%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $146.91 ↑ +45%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $149.76 ↑ +48%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $152.61 ↑ +50%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $152.61 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $168.93 ↑ +66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $174.00 ↑ +71%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $175.83 ↑ +73%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $175.83 ↑ +73%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $206.81 ↑ +104%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $213.95 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $219.65 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|Exchange $221.08 ↑ +118%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $233.16 ↑ +130%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $235.34 ↑ +132%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $290.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $290.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $290.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $290.00 ↑ +186%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $356.57 ↑ +251%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $370.84 ↑ +265%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $401.53 ↑ +296%

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