MRA pelvis w IV cont 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

$821.84

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.

$2,348.10

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.

$300.00 with Wellpoint vs $1,174.05 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $300.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $352.22 ↓ -57%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -56%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -56%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -56%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -56%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -55%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $375.60 ↓ -54%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -53%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $402.00 ↓ -51%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $518.68 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $550.87 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|Exchange $554.45 ↓ -33%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $609.10 ↓ -26%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $615.81 ↓ -25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $677.34 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $729.33 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $846.00 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $933.05 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $939.24 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $969.90 ↑ +18%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $970.37 ↑ +18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,042.45 ↑ +27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,164.64 ↑ +42%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $1,174.05 ↑ +43%

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MRA pelvis w IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $11,796.19 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,565.20 $538.41 – $3,354.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,211.35 $458.22 – $3,461.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $649.95 $400.00 – $3,899.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,211.35 $538.41 – $3,461.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,211.35 $538.41 – $3,461.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,516.88 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,211.35 $538.41 – $3,461.00

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