Special teletx port 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

$987.57

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.

$2,821.61

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.

$154.06 with BCBS-TX vs $1,410.81 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 Options $154.06 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $157.31 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $170.93 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $179.21 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $190.38 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $214.51 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -63%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -63%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -62%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -62%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $384.99 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -60%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $423.25 ↓ -57%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $531.66 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $564.66 ↓ -43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $566.30 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Exchange $568.32 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $858.02 ↓ -13%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $892.35 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $902.92 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $959.35 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,128.65 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↑ +36%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $1,410.81 ↑ +43%

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Special teletx port plan at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $530.47 $69.72 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,346.27 $174.29 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,056.31 $174.29 – $1,320.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $530.47 $42.90 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,346.27 $212.28 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,346.27 $695.57 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,056.31 $174.29 – $1,584.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $530.47 $69.72 – $915.33

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