Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$46.62

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.

$133.20

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.

$19.98 with Aetna vs $109.41 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 $19.98 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.90 ↓ -53%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.90 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.01 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -51%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $23.00 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -51%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $25.55 ↓ -45%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -44%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -44%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -44%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $26.85 ↓ -42%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $26.85 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $26.85 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $27.37 ↓ -41%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $27.89 ↓ -40%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $27.89 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $29.35 ↓ -37%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $29.35 ↓ -37%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $30.88 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $37.80 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $39.11 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $40.15 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Exchange $40.41 ↓ -13%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $43.02 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.29 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $62.83 ↑ +35%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $65.17 ↑ +40%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $66.60 ↑ +43%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $67.01 ↑ +44%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $67.78 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $79.92 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $91.25 ↑ +96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $93.07 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $98.47 ↑ +111%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $107.10 ↑ +130%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $108.98 ↑ +134%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $109.23 ↑ +134%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $109.41 ↑ +135%

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