Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$611.70
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.
$4,078.00
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.
$235.39 with SUPERIOR vs $3,670.20 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $240.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $242.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $242.45 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $247.16 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $355.00 | ↓ -42% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $369.56 | ↓ -40% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $381.33 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $416.14 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $473.00 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $524.92 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↓ -4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $584.39 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↓ -4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $590.23 | ↓ -4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $601.92 | ↓ -2% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $625.30 | ↑ +2% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $730.49 | ↑ +19% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $876.59 | ↑ +43% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $886.32 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $926.85 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $945.77 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,040.34 | ↑ +70% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,440.27 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,549.64 | ↑ +153% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,661.85 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +230% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,079.78 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,569.14 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,773.04 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,854.60 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $3,670.20 | ↑ +500% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,347.27 | $223.75 – $1,684.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,515.68 | $71.00 – $2,273.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,347.27 | $71.00 – $1,684.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,347.27 | $223.75 – $1,684.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,515.68 | $85.00 – $2,273.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,515.68 | $223.75 – $2,273.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,347.27 | $71.00 – $2,020.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,347.27 | $223.75 – $1,684.09 |