T4 (thyroxine) free 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

$62.85

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.

$179.55

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.

$7.58 with TCHP vs $144.36 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 $7.58 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.58 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.61 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.96 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.96 ↓ -87%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $7.96 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.84 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -86%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $9.29 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $9.29 ↓ -85%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $9.29 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $9.47 ↓ -85%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9.65 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $9.65 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $10.16 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $10.16 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $10.69 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $13.08 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $13.53 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $13.89 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Exchange $13.98 ↓ -78%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $14.88 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $21.74 ↓ -65%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $22.55 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $23.19 ↓ -63%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $23.45 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $26.94 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $31.57 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $32.20 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $34.06 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $37.78 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $37.79 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $37.84 ↓ -40%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $89.78 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $107.73 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $144.36 ↑ +130%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $251.77 $8.12 – $34.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $128.73 $7.58 – $41.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $132.83 $6.79 – $49.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $144.14 $7.58 – $41.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $128.73 $7.58 – $41.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $132.83 $8.11 – $49.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $132.83 $7.58 – $49.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $144.14 $7.58 – $49.50

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