Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$5.85
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.
$38.95
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.
$9.56 with United vs $37.80 with Cigna — 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.56 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $10.62 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $14.81 | ↑ +153% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $15.71 | ↑ +169% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $19.87 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $24.54 | ↑ +319% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $25.53 | ↑ +336% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $26.49 | ↑ +353% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $26.62 | ↑ +355% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $27.27 | ↑ +366% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $27.49 | ↑ +370% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $27.99 | ↑ +378% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $29.46 | ↑ +404% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $32.22 | ↑ +451% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $35.06 | ↑ +499% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $37.80 | ↑ +546% |
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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,427.67 | $10.49 – $102.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,384.38 | $10.49 – $102.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,298.67 | $10.49 – $102.17 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |