Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$869.09

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.

$2,483.10

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.

$148.99 with TCHP vs $1,340.00 with Wellpoint — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $148.99 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $199.65 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $218.53 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $229.46 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $229.46 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $229.46 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $234.72 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $292.83 ↓ -66%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $308.13 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $369.64 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $372.47 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $474.84 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $491.57 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $528.04 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $528.34 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -38%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -38%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -38%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -38%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -38%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -36%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $566.10 ↓ -35%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -34%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $590.27 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $668.70 ↓ -23%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $781.75 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $794.60 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -7%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $830.28 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Exchange $835.67 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $844.26 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $993.24 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,239.92 ↑ +43%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $1,241.55 ↑ +43%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,289.52 ↑ +48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↑ +54%

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