Amino acid screen, urine at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$38.25
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.
$255.00
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.
$11.65 with UNITED vs $229.50 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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| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $11.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $12.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $12.00 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.23 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $13.87 | ↓ -64% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.87 | ↓ -64% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.87 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $13.87 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13.87 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $14.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $14.29 | ↓ -63% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $14.84 | ↓ -61% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $17.34 | ↓ -55% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $18.29 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $18.87 | ↓ -51% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $20.81 | ↓ -46% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $22.19 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.98 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $26.35 | ↓ -31% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $36.06 | ↓ -6% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $41.61 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $45.77 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $48.55 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $56.03 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $59.81 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $63.75 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $81.60 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $96.90 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $130.05 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $160.65 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $173.40 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $178.50 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $229.50 | ↑ +500% |
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Amino acid screen, urine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $159.39 | $10.00 – $199.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $138.60 | $12.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $138.60 | $11.65 – $173.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $159.39 | $10.00 – $199.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $138.60 | $12.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $138.60 | $8.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $138.60 | $11.65 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $159.39 | $10.00 – $199.24 |