Intro cath dialysis circuit 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

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Cash price

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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.

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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.

$0.40 with Cigna vs $3,705.57 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.40
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $288.55
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $437.17
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $449.93
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $469.48
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $469.48
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $469.48
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $492.95
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $492.95
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $492.95
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $607.87
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $629.10
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $629.10
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $629.10
CHC Medicaid|STAR $661.97
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $825.78
United Commercial|All Other Plans $868.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $923.27
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $980.62
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,436.61
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,555.96
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $1,602.64
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,602.64
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,602.64
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,633.76
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $1,664.88
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,664.88
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,256.14
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,333.94
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,351.61
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,396.18
United Commercial|Exchange $2,411.74
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,563.05
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,635.00
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,705.57
Health First Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital

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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,194.63 $111.00 – $3,993.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,809.00 $71.00 – $5,713.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,395.54 $71.00 – $4,244.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,194.63 $111.00 – $3,993.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,809.00 $85.00 – $5,713.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,809.00 $446.27 – $5,713.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,395.54 $71.00 – $5,093.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,194.63 $111.00 – $3,993.28

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