Bartonella dna pcr-sendout at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin

1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$54.75

Cash price

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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.

$365.00

Gross charge

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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.

$29.48 with UNITED vs $328.50 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $29.48 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $29.48 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.48 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.48 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $29.48 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $29.48 ↓ -46%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $29.48 ↓ -46%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $30.07 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.36 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $30.36 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $30.95 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -36%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -36%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -36%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -36%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $35.44 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $36.14 ↓ -34%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $37.55 ↓ -31%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $43.86 ↓ -20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $46.28 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $47.76 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $52.64 ↓ -4%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $56.14 ↑ +3%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $65.74 ↑ +20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $66.67 ↑ +22%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $91.23 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|Exchange $91.25 ↑ +67%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $105.27 ↑ +92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $115.80 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $116.80 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $122.82 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|PPO $138.70 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $141.76 ↑ +159%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $151.07 ↑ +176%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $186.15 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $229.95 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $248.20 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $255.50 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $328.50 ↑ +500%

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