17-ketosteroids at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin

1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$43.20

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.

$288.00

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.

$10.75 with UNITED vs $259.20 with Galaxy — 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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.75 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.75 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.75 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.75 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $10.75 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $10.75 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $10.75 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.96 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.07 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.07 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.29 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -70%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $12.80 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $12.93 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -68%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $16.88 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $17.41 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↓ -56%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $23.97 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $24.32 ↓ -44%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $33.28 ↓ -23%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $38.40 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $42.24 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $44.80 ↑ +4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $51.71 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $55.36 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Exchange $72.00 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $92.16 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $109.44 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $146.88 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $181.44 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $195.84 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $201.60 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $259.20 ↑ +500%

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