Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$8.79
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.
$58.55
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.
$5.46 with Cigna vs $147.36 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5.46 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $14.81 | ↑ +68% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $17.53 | ↑ +99% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $19.87 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $24.54 | ↑ +179% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $24.93 | ↑ +184% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $26.49 | ↑ +201% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $27.27 | ↑ +210% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $35.06 | ↑ +299% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $38.95 | ↑ +343% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $38.95 | ↑ +343% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $38.95 | ↑ +343% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $38.95 | ↑ +343% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.77 | ↑ +443% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $50.17 | ↑ +471% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $50.17 | ↑ +471% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $50.17 | ↑ +471% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $50.17 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $50.17 | ↑ +471% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $50.67 | ↑ +476% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $51.68 | ↑ +488% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $53.08 | ↑ +504% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $53.68 | ↑ +511% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $62.71 | ↑ +613% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $75.26 | ↑ +756% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $147.36 | ↑ +1576% |
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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,229.57 | $239.51 – $4,826.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $145.15 | $52.45 – $510.86 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $2,717.27 | $52.45 – $510.86 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,587.43 | $52.45 – $510.86 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $18.20 | $4.21 – $33.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $2,269.56 | $52.45 – $510.86 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $18.20 | $5.61 – $33.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $97.92 | $41.97 – $181.84 |