Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini 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

$2,118.06

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.

$6,051.60

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.

$907.74 with Aetna vs $8,670.00 with Cigna — 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $907.74 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,144.86 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,144.86 ↓ -46%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,144.86 ↓ -46%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,177.54 ↓ -44%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,202.10 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $1,202.10 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,202.10 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,517.00 ↓ -28%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,534.11 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,534.11 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,534.11 ↓ -28%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,614.25 ↓ -24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,901.70 ↑ +37%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $3,025.80 ↑ +43%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +53%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +53%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +53%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3,249.87 ↑ +53%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $3,347.37 ↑ +58%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,347.37 ↑ +58%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3,347.37 ↑ +58%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $3,412.36 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +64%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,477.36 ↑ +64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,503.27 ↑ +65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $3,623.97 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $3,729.77 ↑ +76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $3,941.93 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,407.29 ↑ +108%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,681.04 ↑ +121%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,712.31 ↑ +122%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,735.90 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,866.00 ↑ +130%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,874.81 ↑ +130%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $5,004.80 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|Exchange $5,037.30 ↑ +138%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,175.60 ↑ +239%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7,462.62 ↑ +252%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8,670.00 ↑ +309%

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