Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$6.99
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.
$19.95
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.
$1.86 with BCBS-TX vs $26.21 with CHC — 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $1.86 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $2.07 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2.52 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $4.08 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4.20 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5.55 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $6.02 | ↓ -14% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $6.72 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6.72 | ↓ -4% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $8.40 | ↑ +20% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $10.92 | ↑ +56% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $10.92 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.26 | ↑ +61% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $26.21 | ↑ +275% |
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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $63.51 | $7.01 – $7.01 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $57.96 | $6.81 – $54.93 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $9.94 | $3.57 – $39.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $4.05 | $1.98 – $11.55 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $128.18 | $1.64 – $54.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $207.19 | $3.89 – $35.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $112.42 | $3.57 – $39.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $128.18 | $1.98 – $54.40 |