Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$136.71
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.
$390.60
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.
$0.40 with Cigna vs $3,635.00 with Aetna — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.40 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $58.59 | ↓ -57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $63.65 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.36 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.36 | ↓ -48% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.36 | ↓ -48% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.93 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.93 | ↓ -45% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $74.93 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $88.37 | ↓ -35% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $95.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $95.62 | ↓ -30% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $95.62 | ↓ -30% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $100.62 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $113.44 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $116.75 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $120.05 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $134.23 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $142.56 | ↑ +4% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $195.30 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $210.00 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $218.36 | ↑ +60% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $400.18 | ↑ +193% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $400.18 | ↑ +193% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $400.18 | ↑ +193% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $400.18 | ↑ +193% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $400.18 | ↑ +193% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $412.19 | ↑ +202% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $412.19 | ↑ +202% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $412.19 | ↑ +202% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $420.19 | ↑ +207% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $428.19 | ↑ +213% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $428.19 | ↑ +213% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $578.01 | ↑ +323% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $580.26 | ↑ +324% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $600.27 | ↑ +339% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $616.28 | ↑ +351% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $620.28 | ↑ +354% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $875.77 | ↑ +541% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $910.81 | ↑ +566% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,635.00 | ↑ +2559% |
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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $581.36 | $71.00 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $673.86 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $581.36 | $72.58 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $581.36 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $673.86 | $67.83 – $1,010.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |