Acute venous thrombus image 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

$308.85

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.

$2,059.00

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.

$511.55 with BCBS-TX vs $3,756.33 with Brookshire Brothers — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $511.55 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|Exchange $514.75 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $658.88 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $704.74 ↑ +128%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $731.95 ↑ +137%
United Commercial|PPO $782.42 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $813.58 ↑ +163%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,050.09 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,091.27 ↑ +253%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,233.97 ↑ +300%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,233.97 ↑ +300%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,233.97 ↑ +300%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,233.97 ↑ +300%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,233.97 ↑ +300%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,246.31 ↑ +304%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,270.99 ↑ +312%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,297.17 ↑ +320%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,320.35 ↑ +328%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,400.12 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,441.30 ↑ +367%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,542.46 ↑ +399%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,672.36 ↑ +441%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $1,672.36 ↑ +441%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,672.36 ↑ +441%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,672.36 ↑ +441%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,672.36 ↑ +441%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,672.36 ↑ +441%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,672.36 ↑ +441%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,705.81 ↑ +452%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,722.53 ↑ +458%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,722.53 ↑ +458%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,755.98 ↑ +469%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,850.96 ↑ +499%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,853.10 ↑ +500%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,003.38 ↑ +549%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $2,625.61 ↑ +750%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,709.22 ↑ +777%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,255.49 ↑ +954%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,729.36 ↑ +1107%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $3,756.33 ↑ +1116%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,434.20 $281.68 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,434.20 $281.68 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $1,505.91 $281.68 – $3,517.62

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