Strapping of hip 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

$41.58

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.

$118.80

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.

$0.40 with Cigna vs $297.13 with Entrust — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.82 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $58.31 ↑ +40%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $59.40 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $76.67 ↑ +84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $78.90 ↑ +90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $79.21 ↑ +91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $88.57 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $94.07 ↑ +126%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +211%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +211%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +211%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +211%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +211%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +220%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +220%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $135.57 ↑ +226%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +232%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +232%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $187.21 ↑ +350%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↑ +353%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +366%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.83 ↑ +378%
United Commercial|Exchange $200.12 ↑ +381%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $210.00 ↑ +405%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $285.70 ↑ +587%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $297.13 ↑ +615%

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Strapping of hip at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $140.74 $39.88 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $170.08 $35.01 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $170.08 $34.02 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $140.74 $37.53 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $170.08 $54.59 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $170.08 $87.87 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $170.08 $56.69 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $140.74 $37.53 – $316.45

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