Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$391.35
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.
$2,609.00
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.
$100.51 with BCBS vs $2,348.10 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.
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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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $100.51 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↓ -74% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $101.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $103.53 | ↓ -74% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $107.55 | ↓ -73% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $125.64 | ↓ -68% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $131.99 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $131.99 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $131.99 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $131.99 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $131.99 | ↓ -66% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $131.99 | ↓ -66% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $134.63 | ↓ -66% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.67 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $138.71 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $138.71 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $150.77 | ↓ -61% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $155.10 | ↓ -60% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $207.22 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $210.71 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $218.17 | ↓ -44% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $252.04 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $269.01 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $290.29 | ↓ -26% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $290.82 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $294.34 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $301.50 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $335.12 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $652.25 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $834.88 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $991.42 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,330.59 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,643.67 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,774.12 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,826.30 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $2,348.10 | ↑ +500% |
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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,242.44 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $629.42 | $87.21 – $786.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $671.72 | $138.26 – $1,007.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $604.43 | $87.21 – $755.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $629.42 | $87.21 – $786.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $671.72 | $93.31 – $1,007.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $671.72 | $87.21 – $1,007.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $604.43 | $87.21 – $906.65 |