Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging 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

$490.77

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.

$1,402.20

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.

$84.14 with TCHP vs $1,127.37 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $84.14 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $112.74 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $188.11 ↓ -62%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $197.52 ↓ -60%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $197.52 ↓ -60%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $197.52 ↓ -60%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $203.13 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $210.33 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $252.07 ↓ -49%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $265.24 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $329.04 ↓ -33%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -18%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -18%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -18%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -16%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -16%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -16%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $422.60 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $427.27 ↓ -13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -12%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $437.57 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $448.71 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $470.30 ↓ -4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $475.14 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $476.75 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $525.42 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $560.88 ↑ +14%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $575.62 ↑ +17%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $583.60 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Exchange $623.84 ↑ +27%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↑ +28%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $701.10 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $841.32 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $955.15 ↑ +95%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $993.36 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,127.37 ↑ +130%

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