New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$198.14
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.
$566.10
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.
$45.00 with CHC vs $335.00 with Wellpoint — 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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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $45.00 | ↓ -77% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -77% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $60.30 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $68.04 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $154.20 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $171.34 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $182.85 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $193.70 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $220.04 | ↑ +11% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $226.80 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $244.84 | ↑ +24% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $250.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $335.00 | ↑ +69% |
Visitor-reported prices
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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $567.95 | $298.30 – $298.30 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $207.90 | $82.00 – $594.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $232.23 | $22.68 – $206.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $68.55 | $31.50 – $126.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $207.90 | $74.00 – $594.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $207.90 | $74.00 – $594.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $232.23 | $77.00 – $421.40 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $207.90 | $74.00 – $594.00 |