Orthopantogram 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

$187.74

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.

$536.40

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.

$18.04 with UNITED vs $431.27 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.

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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
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.04 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $19.30 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $19.30 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $20.70 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $24.17 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $25.92 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.19 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $34.68 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $43.13 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $55.20 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↓ -57%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -53%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -53%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -52%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -52%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $92.60 ↓ -51%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -50%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $127.88 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↓ -30%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Exchange $136.69 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $149.71 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $152.44 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $166.48 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $171.65 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $182.38 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $202.72 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $204.95 ↑ +9%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $213.15 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $217.88 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $243.42 ↑ +30%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $268.20 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $321.84 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $431.27 ↑ +130%

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