Lithium therapeutic drug level 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

$110.95

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.

$317.00

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.

$5.55 with TCHP vs $254.87 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 $5.55 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.55 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.58 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $5.83 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.83 ↓ -95%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $5.83 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -94%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -94%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -94%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -94%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $6.81 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $6.81 ↓ -94%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $6.81 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $6.94 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -94%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $7.44 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $7.44 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $7.83 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $9.58 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $9.92 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $10.18 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Exchange $10.25 ↓ -91%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $10.91 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $15.93 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.98 ↓ -85%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $23.14 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $23.60 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $24.97 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $27.62 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $27.70 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $27.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $47.55 ↓ -57%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $158.50 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $190.20 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $254.87 ↑ +130%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $136.09 $5.95 – $25.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $95.88 $5.55 – $119.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $79.84 $9.69 – $119.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $95.88 $5.55 – $119.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $95.88 $5.55 – $119.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $79.84 $5.94 – $119.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $79.84 $5.55 – $119.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $95.88 $5.55 – $143.82

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