Urinalysis microscopic only 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

$12.25

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.

$35.00

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.

$2.56 with TCHP vs $28.14 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 $2.56 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2.56 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.57 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2.69 ↓ -78%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $2.69 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $2.69 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2.99 ↓ -76%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -75%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -75%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3.14 ↓ -74%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $3.14 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3.14 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $3.20 ↓ -74%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3.26 ↓ -73%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $3.26 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $3.43 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $3.43 ↓ -72%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $3.61 ↓ -71%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4.42 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4.58 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4.70 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Exchange $4.73 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5.03 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.25 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $7.35 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7.63 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $7.83 ↓ -36%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7.93 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $10.68 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $10.89 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $11.51 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.90 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $12.78 ↑ +4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $12.78 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $13.06 ↑ +7%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $17.50 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.00 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $28.14 ↑ +130%

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Urinalysis microscopic only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $31.75 $2.56 – $39.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $36.01 $4.46 – $54.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $26.46 $2.56 – $33.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $31.75 $2.56 – $39.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $36.01 $2.74 – $54.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $36.01 $2.56 – $54.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $26.46 $2.56 – $39.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $31.75 $2.56 – $39.69

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