Radiation therapy dose plan 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

$584.77

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.

$1,670.76

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.

$120.09 with BCBS-TX vs $1,340.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $120.09 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $121.79 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -77%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -77%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $133.24 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $136.98 ↓ -77%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $136.98 ↓ -77%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $136.98 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $138.75 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $139.64 ↓ -76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $142.30 ↓ -76%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $142.30 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $147.40 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $166.08 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $192.84 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $199.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $204.80 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Exchange $206.13 ↓ -65%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $212.19 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $250.62 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $321.50 ↓ -45%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $334.36 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $534.65 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $568.06 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $668.31 ↑ +14%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $835.38 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↑ +129%

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Radiation therapy dose plan at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $473.01 $53.98 – $591.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $619.25 $127.46 – $928.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $509.00 $101.80 – $636.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $473.01 $33.22 – $591.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $619.25 $128.27 – $928.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $619.25 $319.94 – $928.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $509.00 $128.27 – $763.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $473.01 $53.98 – $591.26

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