Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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

$244.02

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.

$697.20

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.

$35.99 with TCHP vs $314.37 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.99 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.99 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $36.17 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $37.79 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.79 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $37.79 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $41.98 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -82%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -82%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -82%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $44.98 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $45.84 ↓ -81%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $45.84 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $48.23 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $48.23 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $50.75 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -76%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $62.12 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $64.26 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $65.97 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Exchange $66.40 ↓ -73%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $70.69 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $103.24 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $107.10 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $110.13 ↓ -55%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $111.38 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $149.94 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $152.94 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $161.81 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $179.50 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $179.79 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $195.50 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $234.60 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $314.37 ↑ +29%

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