Ortho hnd/fngr w/jnt cstm w/fit&adj 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

$214.04

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.

$611.52

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.

$73.39 with BCBS-TX vs $953.98 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.

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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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $73.39 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $91.73 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $97.85 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $103.96 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $116.19 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $171.23 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $189.58 ↓ -11%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $244.61 ↑ +14%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $305.76 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $366.92 ↑ +71%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $397.49 ↑ +86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $397.49 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $491.67 ↑ +130%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $953.98 ↑ +346%

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Ortho hnd/fngr w/jnt cstm w/fit&adj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $165.75 $86.44 – $308.70
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $554.00 $353.92 – $776.45
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $1,797.95 not published
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $249.12 $280.15 – $280.15
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Burleson $1,797.95 not published
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $249.12 $280.15 – $280.15
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $249.12 $280.15 – $280.15
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $249.12 $280.15 – $280.15

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