Spleen 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

$513.45

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.

$1,467.00

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.

$88.02 with TCHP vs $1,179.47 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 $88.02 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $117.95 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $158.38 ↓ -69%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $166.30 ↓ -68%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $166.30 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $166.30 ↓ -68%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $170.87 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $212.23 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $220.05 ↓ -57%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $223.32 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $302.18 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $392.66 ↓ -24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $401.85 ↓ -22%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -22%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -22%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -22%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -19%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -19%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $422.60 ↓ -18%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -16%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $431.91 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $436.65 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $469.44 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $482.54 ↓ -6%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $484.64 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $498.78 ↓ -3%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $583.60 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $586.80 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Exchange $623.84 ↑ +21%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↑ +23%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $733.50 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $880.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $955.15 ↑ +86%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $993.36 ↑ +93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,179.47 ↑ +130%

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Spleen imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $367.06 $153.36 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $961.98 $198.01 – $1,442.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,010.08 $153.36 – $1,262.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $367.06 $153.36 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $961.98 $164.10 – $1,442.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $961.98 $153.36 – $1,442.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,010.08 $153.36 – $1,515.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $367.06 $153.36 – $1,021.72

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