Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$45.50

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.

$130.00

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.

$19.50 with Aetna vs $106.08 with BCBS-TX — 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 $19.50 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.23 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.23 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.34 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $22.29 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $22.29 ↓ -51%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $22.29 ↓ -51%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $24.77 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -44%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -44%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -44%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $26.03 ↓ -43%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $26.03 ↓ -43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $26.03 ↓ -43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $26.53 ↓ -42%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $27.04 ↓ -41%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $27.04 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $28.45 ↓ -37%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $28.45 ↓ -37%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $29.93 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $36.64 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $37.91 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $38.92 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Exchange $39.17 ↓ -14%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.70 ↓ -8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $60.90 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $63.17 ↑ +39%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $64.96 ↑ +43%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +43%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $65.70 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $78.00 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $88.45 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $90.21 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $95.47 ↑ +110%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $104.52 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $105.88 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $106.08 ↑ +133%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $106.08 ↑ +133%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $165.38 $8.00 – $248.07
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