Perc rf ablate renal tumor 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

$1,943.24

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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.

$5,552.10

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.

$404.46 with CHC vs $13,333.61 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.

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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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $404.46 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $832.82 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,803.00 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,987.07 ↑ +2%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,987.07 ↑ +2%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,987.07 ↑ +2%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,086.42 ↑ +7%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2,086.42 ↑ +7%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $2,086.42 ↑ +7%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,662.67 ↑ +37%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $2,662.67 ↑ +37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,662.67 ↑ +37%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $2,776.05 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $2,801.77 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,257.00 ↑ +119%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,866.00 ↑ +150%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $5,123.73 ↑ +164%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5,843.81 ↑ +201%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $5,843.81 ↑ +201%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5,843.81 ↑ +201%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,843.81 ↑ +201%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $5,843.81 ↑ +201%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $6,019.12 ↑ +210%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $6,019.12 ↑ +210%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $6,019.12 ↑ +210%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,080.43 ↑ +213%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $6,136.00 ↑ +216%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $6,149.49 ↑ +216%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $6,252.88 ↑ +222%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6,252.88 ↑ +222%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $6,329.04 ↑ +226%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $6,960.54 ↑ +258%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7,782.27 ↑ +300%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $8,265.64 ↑ +325%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8,461.71 ↑ +335%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $8,473.52 ↑ +336%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8,765.72 ↑ +351%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $8,999.47 ↑ +363%
United Commercial|Exchange $9,057.91 ↑ +366%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12,820.77 ↑ +560%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $13,333.61 ↑ +586%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,580.00 $71.00 – $14,293.73
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