Special radiation treatment 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

$2,992.02

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.

$8,548.62

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.

$91.34 with BCBS-TX vs $4,274.31 with Health First — 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 Advantage HMO $91.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $104.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $107.96 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $110.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $119.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $124.56 ↓ -96%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $579.41 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $579.41 ↓ -81%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $579.41 ↓ -81%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $579.41 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $579.41 ↓ -81%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $596.79 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $596.79 ↓ -80%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $596.79 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $608.38 ↓ -80%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $619.97 ↓ -79%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $619.97 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $840.14 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $869.12 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $892.29 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Exchange $898.09 ↓ -70%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $907.34 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,282.30 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,374.75 ↓ -54%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,429.74 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,735.56 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,906.54 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,419.45 ↑ +14%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $4,274.31 ↑ +43%

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