Laryngeal function studies at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$57.02
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.
$162.90
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.
$24.44 with Aetna vs $297.13 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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $24.44 | ↓ -57% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $81.45 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $90.00 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +126% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +126% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +126% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +126% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +126% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $132.98 | ↑ +133% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $132.98 | ↑ +133% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $132.98 | ↑ +133% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $135.57 | ↑ +138% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $138.15 | ↑ +142% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $138.15 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $162.90 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $162.90 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $162.90 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $162.90 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $162.90 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $162.90 | ↑ +186% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $187.21 | ↑ +228% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $188.56 | ↑ +231% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $193.67 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $198.83 | ↑ +249% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $200.12 | ↑ +251% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $255.00 | ↑ +347% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $285.70 | ↑ +401% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $297.13 | ↑ +421% |
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Laryngeal function studies at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $342.68 | $70.54 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $342.68 | $68.54 – $428.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $342.68 | $110.00 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $342.68 | $155.00 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $342.68 | $112.00 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $342.68 | $68.54 – $428.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $342.68 | $85.67 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $342.68 | $62.83 – $514.03 |