X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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

$890.40

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.

$2,544.00

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.

$61.05 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 $61.05 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.15 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $64.55 ↓ -93%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Plans $64.55 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $64.55 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $83.28 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $86.69 ↓ -90%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -88%
WellcareTP Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $111.84 ↓ -87%
Devoted Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $152.64 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $154.44 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Exchange $165.09 ↓ -81%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $190.18 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $204.54 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $206.12 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $214.07 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Options $275.85 ↓ -69%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $275.85 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO-POS $284.68 ↓ -68%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $286.88 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $305.98 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Traditional $306.75 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $341.84 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $381.60 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $814.08 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $864.96 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,000.00 ↑ +12%
Health First Commercial|All Plans $1,272.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,340.00 ↑ +50%

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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,049.33 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $535.91 $61.48 – $669.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.98 $123.91 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $626.63 $61.48 – $783.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $535.91 $61.48 – $669.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.98 $65.78 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.98 $61.48 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $626.63 $61.48 – $939.95

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