X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw 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

$900.55

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.

$2,573.00

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.

$86.66 with CHC vs $1,340.00 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $86.66 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $99.58 ↓ -89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $103.84 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $103.84 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $103.84 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $111.84 ↓ -88%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -87%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $132.17 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $133.44 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $139.45 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $154.38 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $154.44 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $160.87 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Exchange $165.09 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $175.77 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $178.89 ↓ -80%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $188.92 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $206.87 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $211.06 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $275.85 ↓ -69%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $286.88 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $304.71 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $341.25 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $385.95 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $823.36 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $874.82 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +11%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $1,286.50 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↑ +49%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $591.20 $98.90 – $886.81
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