Platelets irradiated ea unit 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

$80.64

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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.

$230.40

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.

$34.56 with Aetna vs $373.31 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

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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $34.56 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $69.63 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $69.63 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $73.73 ↓ -9%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $93.30 ↑ +16%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $93.30 ↑ +16%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $115.20 ↑ +43%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +69%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +69%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +69%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +69%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $140.08 ↑ +74%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $140.08 ↑ +74%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $140.08 ↑ +74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $142.80 ↑ +77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $145.52 ↑ +80%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $145.52 ↑ +80%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $197.20 ↑ +145%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $204.00 ↑ +153%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $209.44 ↑ +160%
United Commercial|Exchange $210.80 ↑ +161%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $213.07 ↑ +164%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $236.91 ↑ +194%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $358.95 ↑ +345%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $373.31 ↑ +363%

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Platelets irradiated ea unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $170.80 $69.63 – $1,744.82
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $273.35 $69.63 – $781.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $273.35 $69.63 – $781.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $273.35 $69.63 – $781.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $273.35 $69.63 – $781.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $273.35 $69.63 – $781.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $1,807.41 $206.34 – $785.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $4,826.69 – $4,826.69

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