Assay of corticosterone at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$47.10
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.
$314.00
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.
$18.92 with UNITED vs $282.60 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 | $18.92 | ↓ -60% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $18.92 | ↓ -60% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $18.92 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $18.92 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $18.92 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $18.92 | ↓ -60% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.92 | ↓ -60% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $19.30 | ↓ -59% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $19.49 | ↓ -59% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $19.49 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.87 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -52% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -52% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -52% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $22.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $23.20 | ↓ -51% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $24.10 | ↓ -49% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $28.15 | ↓ -40% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $29.70 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $30.65 | ↓ -35% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $33.78 | ↓ -28% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $36.03 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $42.19 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $42.79 | ↓ -9% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $58.55 | ↑ +24% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $67.56 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $74.32 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $78.50 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $78.82 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $90.98 | ↑ +93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $97.23 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $100.48 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $119.32 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $160.14 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $197.82 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $213.52 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $219.80 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $282.60 | ↑ +500% |
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Assay of corticosterone at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $155.33 | $12.00 – $232.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $155.33 | $12.00 – $194.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $155.33 | $12.00 – $232.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $155.33 | $8.00 – $232.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $155.33 | $12.00 – $232.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $155.33 | $18.92 – $194.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $155.33 | $12.00 – $232.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $155.33 | $12.00 – $232.99 |