Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$4,563.41
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.
$13,038.30
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.
$288.81 with BCBS-TX vs $13,915.00 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.
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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $288.81 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $371.22 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $382.05 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $392.34 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $438.66 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $465.91 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $782.30 | ↓ -83% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $782.30 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $1,048.28 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,048.28 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,600.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.75 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,144.00 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,393.84 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,723.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $6,519.15 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,915.00 | ↑ +205% |
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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,560.92 | $460.46 – $7,877.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,507.27 | $310.25 – $2,260.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,671.11 | $334.22 – $2,088.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,560.92 | $337.85 – $7,877.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,507.27 | $483.83 – $2,260.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,507.27 | $778.76 – $2,260.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,671.11 | $427.76 – $2,506.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $5,560.92 | $460.46 – $7,877.97 |