Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$813.65
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.
$2,324.70
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.
$348.71 with Aetna vs $8,670.00 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 | $348.71 | ↓ -57% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $1,162.35 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,177.54 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,517.00 | ↑ +86% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,632.18 | ↑ +101% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,632.18 | ↑ +101% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,632.18 | ↑ +101% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,713.79 | ↑ +111% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,713.79 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,713.79 | ↑ +111% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,187.12 | ↑ +169% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $2,187.12 | ↑ +169% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $2,187.12 | ↑ +169% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $2,301.37 | ↑ +183% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,640.00 | ↑ +224% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $3,295.90 | ↑ +305% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $3,534.78 | ↑ +334% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,534.78 | ↑ +334% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,534.78 | ↑ +334% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,534.78 | ↑ +334% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,534.78 | ↑ +334% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.82 | ↑ +347% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.82 | ↑ +347% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.82 | ↑ +347% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $3,711.52 | ↑ +356% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $3,782.21 | ↑ +365% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,782.21 | ↑ +365% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $3,988.29 | ↑ +390% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $4,104.74 | ↑ +404% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $4,477.45 | ↑ +450% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,994.47 | ↑ +514% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $5,006.04 | ↑ +515% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $5,125.43 | ↑ +530% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $5,302.17 | ↑ +552% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $5,316.97 | ↑ +553% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,320.57 | ↑ +554% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $5,443.56 | ↑ +569% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $5,478.91 | ↑ +573% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8,061.48 | ↑ +891% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $8,383.93 | ↑ +930% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $8,670.00 | ↑ +966% |
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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,524.66 | $1,551.50 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,943.21 | $71.00 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,698.52 | $71.00 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,524.66 | $1,551.50 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,943.21 | $85.00 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,943.21 | $1,551.50 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,698.52 | $71.00 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $4,524.66 | $1,551.50 – $8,570.48 |