MRA abdomen post contrast at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$1,190.70
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.
$3,402.00
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.
$510.30 with Aetna vs $1,701.00 with Health First — 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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| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.30 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $535.57 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $764.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $846.00 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $930.57 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $953.51 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,000.00 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,021.61 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $1,032.56 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,142.35 | ↓ -4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,340.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,360.80 | ↑ +14% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.00 | ↑ +43% |
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MRA abdomen post contrast at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,948.22 | $552.00 – $2,759.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,128.03 | $438.02 – $3,192.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,234.43 | $446.89 – $2,793.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,948.22 | $519.53 – $2,759.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,128.03 | $683.10 – $3,192.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,128.03 | $1,099.48 – $3,192.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,234.43 | $744.81 – $3,351.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,948.22 | $519.53 – $2,759.98 |