Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint 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

$893.10

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.

$5,954.00

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.

$1,144.86 with UNITED vs $8,562.63 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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,144.86 ↑ +28%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,144.86 ↑ +28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,144.86 ↑ +28%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,144.86 ↑ +28%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $1,144.86 ↑ +28%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,144.86 ↑ +28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,144.86 ↑ +28%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,167.76 ↑ +31%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,179.21 ↑ +32%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,179.21 ↑ +32%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,202.10 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,268.00 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,690.00 ↑ +89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,797.43 ↑ +101%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,806.72 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,854.67 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|PPO $2,262.52 ↑ +153%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,553.04 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,957.00 ↑ +231%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,036.54 ↑ +240%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,066.87 ↑ +243%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $3,066.87 ↑ +243%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,066.87 ↑ +243%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,066.87 ↑ +243%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,066.87 ↑ +243%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,097.54 ↑ +247%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3,158.88 ↑ +254%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,281.55 ↑ +267%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,751.02 ↑ +320%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,833.59 ↑ +329%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,024.05 ↑ +351%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,048.72 ↑ +353%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,106.18 ↑ +360%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,167.80 ↑ +367%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,516.79 ↑ +406%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $4,566.74 ↑ +411%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,600.31 ↑ +415%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $5,358.60 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7,420.95 ↑ +731%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $8,562.63 ↑ +859%

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Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,914.52 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,635.57 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,375.84 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,914.52 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,635.57 $85.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,635.57 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,375.84 $71.00 – $8,018.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,914.52 $1,088.27 – $8,018.48

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