Ascenda two piece catheter at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$982.96
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.
$6,553.05
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.
$982.96 with BCBS-TX vs $5,897.75 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $982.96 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,114.02 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,376.15 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,441.68 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,572.74 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,638.27 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,096.98 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,490.16 | ↑ +153% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $2,948.88 | ↑ +200% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,342.06 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,128.43 | ↑ +320% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $4,193.96 | ↑ +327% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,456.08 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,587.14 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $5,897.75 | ↑ +500% |
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Ascenda two piece catheter at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $23,835.00 | not published |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $18,583.01 | $8,030.61 – $28,680.75 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $63,744.10 | $487.31 – $2,320.50 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $23,446.50 | $5,250.92 – $37,094.40 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $63,744.10 | $487.31 – $2,320.50 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $63,744.10 | $487.31 – $2,320.50 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $23,446.50 | $8,243.20 – $35,033.60 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $63,744.10 | $487.31 – $2,320.50 |