Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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

$58.95

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.

$393.00

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.

$14.28 with SUPERIOR vs $353.70 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.28 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $14.28 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.28 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.28 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.28 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $14.28 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.28 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.57 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.71 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.71 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.99 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -71%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $17.00 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $17.17 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $17.51 ↓ -70%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -69%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $22.42 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $23.13 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $25.50 ↓ -57%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $27.20 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $31.84 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $32.30 ↓ -45%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $44.20 ↓ -25%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $56.10 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $59.50 ↑ +1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $68.68 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $73.29 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Exchange $98.25 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $125.76 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $149.34 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $200.43 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $247.59 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $267.24 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $275.10 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $353.70 ↑ +500%

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