Ultrasound guide intraoperative at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$250.11
Cash price 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.
$714.60
Gross charge 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.
$107.19 with Aetna vs $574.54 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $107.19 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $124.59 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $156.55 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $165.68 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $174.09 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $178.08 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $198.95 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $228.68 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $242.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $357.30 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $428.76 | ↑ +71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $574.54 | ↑ +130% |
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $656.12 | $135.05 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $488.56 | $97.71 – $610.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $632.90 | $149.38 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $656.12 | $210.61 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $656.12 | $338.99 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $488.56 | $162.85 – $732.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |