Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$122.54
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.
$350.10
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.
$52.52 with Aetna vs $473.20 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 | $52.52 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $90.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $175.05 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $199.02 | ↑ +62% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $199.02 | ↑ +62% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $199.02 | ↑ +62% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $199.02 | ↑ +62% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $199.02 | ↑ +62% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $204.99 | ↑ +67% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $204.99 | ↑ +67% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $204.99 | ↑ +67% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $208.97 | ↑ +71% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $212.95 | ↑ +74% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $212.95 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $255.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $288.58 | ↑ +135% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $298.53 | ↑ +144% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $300.30 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $306.49 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $308.48 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $334.52 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $350.10 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $350.10 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $350.10 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $350.10 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $350.10 | ↑ +186% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $455.00 | ↑ +271% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $473.20 | ↑ +286% |
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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $364.77 | $103.35 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $364.77 | $97.27 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $364.77 | $97.27 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $364.77 | $91.19 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $364.77 | $66.87 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $364.77 | $66.87 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $364.77 | $103.35 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $364.77 | $170.23 – $455.96 |