Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$65.52

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.

$187.20

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.

$9.67 with United vs $150.51 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 Commercial|All Other Plans $9.67 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.85 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.85 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.49 ↓ -79%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $13.49 ↓ -79%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $13.49 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $13.49 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -77%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -77%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -77%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $15.76 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $15.76 ↓ -76%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $15.76 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $16.07 ↓ -75%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $16.37 ↓ -75%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $16.37 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $17.22 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $17.22 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $18.12 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $22.18 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.95 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $23.56 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Exchange $23.71 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $25.25 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $28.08 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $36.87 ↓ -44%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $38.25 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $39.32 ↓ -40%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $39.78 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $46.82 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $52.02 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $53.55 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $54.62 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $63.93 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $64.11 ↓ -2%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $93.60 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.32 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $150.51 ↑ +130%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $292.48 $13.77 – $58.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.42 $10.00 – $155.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.10 $12.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $121.59 $12.00 – $151.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $124.42 $10.00 – $155.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.10 $12.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $109.10 $8.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $121.59 $12.00 – $182.38

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