Assay of tyrosine at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$55.35
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.
$369.00
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.
$8.93 with UNITED vs $332.10 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 | $8.93 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $8.93 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $8.93 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $8.93 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $8.93 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $8.93 | ↓ -84% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.93 | ↓ -84% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $9.20 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9.20 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.38 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $10.63 | ↓ -81% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.63 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.63 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $10.63 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10.63 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $10.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $10.95 | ↓ -80% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $11.37 | ↓ -79% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $13.29 | ↓ -76% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $14.02 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $14.47 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $15.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $17.01 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $19.91 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $20.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $27.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $31.89 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $35.08 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $37.21 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $42.95 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $46.37 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $92.25 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $140.22 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $188.19 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $232.47 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $250.92 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $258.30 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $332.10 | ↑ +500% |
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Assay of tyrosine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $68.84 | $12.00 – $103.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $68.84 | $8.93 – $86.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $68.84 | $9.56 – $103.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $68.84 | $8.00 – $103.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $68.84 | $8.93 – $103.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $68.84 | $8.93 – $86.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $68.84 | $8.93 – $103.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $68.84 | $8.93 – $103.26 |