Oth resp proc, group at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$13.23
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.
$37.80
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.
$5.67 with Aetna vs $89.21 with Entrust — 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 | $5.67 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.10 | ↓ -9% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $18.90 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $26.29 | ↑ +99% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $29.22 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $29.76 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $31.53 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $35.81 | ↑ +171% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $37.80 | ↑ +186% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↑ +197% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↑ +197% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↑ +197% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↑ +197% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↑ +197% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↑ +206% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↑ +206% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↑ +206% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $41.28 | ↑ +212% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↑ +218% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↑ +218% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $56.61 | ↑ +328% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $57.00 | ↑ +331% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $58.97 | ↑ +346% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $60.54 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $60.93 | ↑ +361% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $85.78 | ↑ +548% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $89.21 | ↑ +574% |
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Oth resp proc, group at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $487.56 | $29.51 – $121.17 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $102.48 | $43.00 – $43.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $75.86 | $29.51 – $121.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $339.63 | $29.51 – $121.17 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $166.95 | $18.41 – $978.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $44.80 | $25.09 – $670.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $44.80 | $25.09 – $670.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $44.80 | $25.09 – $670.00 |