Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$51.45
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.
$147.00
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.
$15.10 with TCHP vs $118.19 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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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $15.10 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $15.10 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.17 | ↓ -71% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $15.86 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.86 | ↓ -69% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.86 | ↓ -69% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $17.61 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -65% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -65% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -65% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -65% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $18.52 | ↓ -64% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $18.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $18.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $18.88 | ↓ -63% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $19.24 | ↓ -63% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $19.24 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $20.23 | ↓ -61% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $20.23 | ↓ -61% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $21.29 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22.05 | ↓ -57% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $26.07 | ↓ -49% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $26.97 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $27.69 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $27.87 | ↓ -46% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $29.67 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $43.33 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $44.95 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $46.21 | ↓ -10% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $46.75 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.98 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $62.93 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $64.19 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $67.90 | ↑ +32% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $73.50 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $75.34 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $75.45 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $75.56 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $88.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $118.19 | ↑ +130% |
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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $175.85 | $16.18 – $69.22 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $91.11 | $10.00 – $113.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $105.66 | $12.00 – $158.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $91.84 | $12.00 – $114.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $91.11 | $10.00 – $113.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $105.66 | $12.00 – $158.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $105.66 | $8.00 – $158.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $91.84 | $12.00 – $137.75 |