Warde calcitonin 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

$42.74

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.

$122.09

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.

$18.32 with Aetna vs $112.47 with BCBS-TX — 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.32 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $22.50 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $22.50 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.61 ↓ -47%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $23.63 ↓ -45%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $23.63 ↓ -45%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $23.63 ↓ -45%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $26.26 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $26.79 ↓ -37%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $26.79 ↓ -37%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $26.79 ↓ -37%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $26.79 ↓ -37%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $26.79 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $27.59 ↓ -35%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $27.59 ↓ -35%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $27.59 ↓ -35%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $28.13 ↓ -34%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $28.67 ↓ -33%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $28.67 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $30.15 ↓ -29%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $30.15 ↓ -29%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $31.73 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $38.85 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $40.19 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $41.26 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $41.52 ↓ -3%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $44.20 ↑ +3%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $61.05 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $64.56 ↑ +51%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $66.97 ↑ +57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $68.85 ↑ +61%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $69.65 ↑ +63%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $73.26 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $93.77 ↑ +119%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $95.64 ↑ +124%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $98.17 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $101.22 ↑ +137%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $111.87 ↑ +162%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $112.25 ↑ +163%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $112.47 ↑ +163%

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