Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$655.50

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.

$4,370.00

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.

$379.82 with HUMANA vs $3,933.00 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $379.82 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $379.82 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $379.82 ↓ -42%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $379.82 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $379.82 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $383.62 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $389.57 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $391.21 ↓ -40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $406.41 ↓ -38%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $474.77 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -25%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.74 ↓ -25%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $489.74 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $489.74 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↓ -25%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $489.74 ↓ -25%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $499.53 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $504.43 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $504.43 ↓ -23%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $514.23 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $536.70 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $557.42 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $569.73 ↓ -13%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $581.90 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $619.59 ↓ -5%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $768.89 ↑ +17%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $793.38 ↑ +21%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $945.59 ↑ +44%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,091.07 ↑ +66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,092.12 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,092.50 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,398.40 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $1,660.60 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,228.70 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,316.10 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,753.10 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,971.60 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,059.00 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,933.00 ↑ +500%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $911.58 $187.63 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $868.17 $203.15 – $1,085.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $911.58 $217.37 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $911.58 $203.15 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $868.17 $203.15 – $1,302.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58

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