Insertion subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor 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

$6,420.02

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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.

$18,342.90

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.

$1,177.54 with CHC vs $21,499.09 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.

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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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,177.54 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,600.00 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,144.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,751.44 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,635.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,723.00 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,059.74 ↓ -6%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,059.74 ↓ -6%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,362.73 ↓ -1%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $6,362.73 ↓ -1%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $6,362.73 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,958.00 ↑ +8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $8,100.36 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $8,120.05 ↑ +26%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $8,120.05 ↑ +26%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +29%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +29%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +29%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $8,538.07 ↑ +33%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $8,538.07 ↑ +33%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $8,538.07 ↑ +33%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $8,544.23 ↑ +33%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $8,703.86 ↑ +36%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8,869.65 ↑ +38%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $8,869.65 ↑ +38%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $9,171.45 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $10,143.63 ↑ +58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $10,439.80 ↑ +63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $11,004.26 ↑ +71%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $12,019.62 ↑ +87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $12,303.38 ↑ +92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12,434.09 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $12,765.66 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|Exchange $12,848.55 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $13,067.56 ↑ +104%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13,643.65 ↑ +113%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $18,542.80 ↑ +189%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20,672.20 ↑ +222%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $21,499.09 ↑ +235%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,520.42 $5,112.25 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $14,985.87 $71.00 – $22,478.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14,760.60 $71.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,520.42 $5,254.26 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $14,985.87 $85.00 – $22,478.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $14,985.87 $5,760.21 – $22,478.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $14,760.60 $71.00 – $22,140.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $8,520.42 $5,254.26 – $21,045.99

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