X-ray surgical specimen at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
$497.24
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.
$1,420.66
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.
$16.84 with CHC vs $1,420.66 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.
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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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $16.84 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $42.10 | ↓ -92% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $44.92 | ↓ -91% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.92 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.92 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $56.41 | ↓ -89% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $60.32 | ↓ -88% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $85.24 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $110.24 | ↓ -78% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $114.23 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $128.83 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $213.10 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $454.62 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $483.03 | ↓ -3% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↑ +10% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↑ +10% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↑ +10% |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↑ +10% |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $565.67 | ↑ +14% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $565.67 | ↑ +14% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $565.67 | ↑ +14% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $576.65 | ↑ +16% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $587.63 | ↑ +18% |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $587.63 | ↑ +18% |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | $710.33 | ↑ +43% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $796.33 | ↑ +60% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $808.04 | ↑ +63% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $823.79 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $845.75 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $851.24 | ↑ +71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $852.40 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $919.82 | ↑ +85% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,142.22 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $1,172.92 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $1,223.21 | ↑ +146% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,224.30 | ↑ +146% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,273.27 | ↑ +156% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $1,304.33 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,314.71 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,420.66 | ↑ +186% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $638.62 | $131.45 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $638.62 | $45.77 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $638.62 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |