Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent 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

$65.80

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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.

$188.00

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.

$28.20 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $28.20 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $60.16 ↓ -9%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $94.00 ↑ +43%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +96%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +96%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +96%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +96%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +96%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +102%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +102%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $135.57 ↑ +106%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +110%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +110%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $187.21 ↑ +185%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $188.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $188.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $188.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $188.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $188.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $188.00 ↑ +186%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↑ +187%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +194%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.83 ↑ +202%
United Commercial|Exchange $200.12 ↑ +204%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $285.70 ↑ +334%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $297.13 ↑ +352%

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $354.44 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $172.78 $48.95 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $156.60 $32.23 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $156.60 $31.32 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $172.78 $46.08 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $156.60 $50.27 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $156.60 $80.91 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $156.60 $52.20 – $316.45

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