Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$26.61

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.

$76.01

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.

$11.41 with Aetna vs $75.56 with Cigna — 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 $11.41 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.98 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.98 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.05 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -41%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -41%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.73 ↓ -41%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $17.47 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -33%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -33%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -33%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -33%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -31%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -31%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -31%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $18.72 ↓ -30%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $19.08 ↓ -28%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.08 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $20.07 ↓ -25%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $20.07 ↓ -25%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.12 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $25.85 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26.75 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $27.46 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $27.64 ↑ +4%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $29.42 ↑ +11%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $38.01 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $42.97 ↑ +61%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $44.58 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $45.61 ↑ +71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $45.84 ↑ +72%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $46.36 ↑ +74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $61.12 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $62.41 ↑ +135%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $63.65 ↑ +139%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $67.35 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $74.71 ↑ +181%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $74.83 ↑ +181%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $75.56 ↑ +184%

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