Lumbar diskogram s&i at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$865.62
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.
$2,473.20
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.
$96.48 with CHC vs $4,627.06 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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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $96.48 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $111.26 | ↓ -87% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $117.18 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $117.18 | ↓ -86% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $117.18 | ↓ -86% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $148.40 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $149.09 | ↓ -83% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $157.36 | ↓ -82% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $198.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $315.10 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $340.46 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $370.98 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $791.43 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $840.89 | ↓ -3% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,000.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $1,236.60 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,340.00 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +126% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +126% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +126% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +126% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +126% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $2,014.61 | ↑ +133% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,014.61 | ↑ +133% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $2,014.61 | ↑ +133% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $2,053.73 | ↑ +137% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $2,092.85 | ↑ +142% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $2,092.85 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $2,473.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,473.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,473.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $2,473.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $2,473.20 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $2,473.20 | ↑ +186% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,836.10 | ↑ +228% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,933.90 | ↑ +239% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,936.41 | ↑ +239% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $3,012.13 | ↑ +248% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3,031.69 | ↑ +250% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,449.10 | ↑ +414% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $4,627.06 | ↑ +435% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,350.69 | $1,101.35 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $7,022.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,350.69 | $119.41 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,350.69 | $111.60 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $8,427.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |