Insert swan-ganz cath at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$1,692.81
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.
$4,836.60
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.
$501.00 with United vs $6,149.36 with BCBS-TX — 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $501.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $725.49 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,555.96 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,555.96 | ↓ -8% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,555.96 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $1,555.96 | ↓ -8% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,555.96 | ↓ -8% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,602.64 | ↓ -5% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $1,602.64 | ↓ -5% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $1,602.64 | ↓ -5% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $1,633.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $1,664.88 | ↓ -2% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,664.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,256.14 | ↑ +33% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,333.94 | ↑ +38% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,351.61 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,396.18 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,411.74 | ↑ +42% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $2,418.30 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $2,577.19 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $2,634.36 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $2,929.25 | ↑ +73% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,563.05 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,635.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3,705.57 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $5,431.66 | ↑ +221% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $5,969.94 | ↑ +253% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $6,149.36 | ↑ +263% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,551.79 | $1,006.34 – $4,439.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,952.26 | $71.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,505.49 | $71.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,551.79 | $947.14 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,952.26 | $85.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,952.26 | $2,042.00 – $5,928.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,505.49 | $71.00 – $5,258.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,551.79 | $947.14 – $4,439.74 |