Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$693.63
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.
$1,981.80
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.
$296.10 with Aetna vs $7,543.51 with Entrust — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $296.10 | ↓ -57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $302.06 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $501.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $987.00 | ↑ +42% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,176.37 | ↑ +70% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,176.37 | ↑ +70% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,176.37 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,235.19 | ↑ +78% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,235.19 | ↑ +78% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,235.19 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $1,346.67 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $1,385.99 | ↑ +100% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,576.34 | ↑ +127% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,576.34 | ↑ +127% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $1,576.34 | ↑ +127% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $1,658.68 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,729.00 | ↑ +149% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,803.00 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $2,348.83 | ↑ +239% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,626.12 | ↑ +279% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,789.23 | ↑ +302% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +355% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +355% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +355% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +355% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +355% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $3,247.18 | ↑ +368% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $3,247.18 | ↑ +368% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,247.18 | ↑ +368% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $3,310.23 | ↑ +377% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,373.28 | ↑ +386% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $3,373.28 | ↑ +386% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,599.69 | ↑ +419% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,635.00 | ↑ +424% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $4,571.27 | ↑ +559% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,728.90 | ↑ +582% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,787.23 | ↑ +590% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $4,855.00 | ↑ +600% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4,886.53 | ↑ +604% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,253.38 | ↑ +946% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $7,543.51 | ↑ +988% |
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Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $6,528.70 | $2,038.91 – $3,432.54 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,487.99 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,723.01 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,928.01 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,487.99 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,723.01 | $85.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,723.01 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,928.01 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |