Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$108.15
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.
$721.00
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.
$17.15 with BCBS-TX vs $2,016.00 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $17.15 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $24.76 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.76 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $24.76 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $24.76 | ↓ -77% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.76 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.76 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $24.76 | ↓ -77% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.26 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.50 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $38.19 | ↓ -65% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $38.87 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $38.97 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $40.11 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $42.87 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $55.21 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $153.00 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $204.00 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $273.98 | ↑ +153% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $279.02 | ↑ +158% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $279.02 | ↑ +158% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $279.02 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $279.02 | ↑ +158% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $279.02 | ↑ +158% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $281.81 | ↑ +161% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $287.39 | ↑ +166% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $298.55 | ↑ +176% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $348.77 | ↑ +222% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $367.71 | ↑ +240% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $417.87 | ↑ +286% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $418.53 | ↑ +287% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $454.23 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $490.28 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $504.70 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $648.90 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $679.04 | ↑ +528% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $783.51 | ↑ +624% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +1764% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $631.51 | $25.19 – $947.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $631.51 | $23.54 – $947.26 |
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