Brace wrist classic lft sm at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$79.23
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.
$528.15
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.
$13.55 with BCBS-TX vs $81.27 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $13.55 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $15.36 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $18.97 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $19.87 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $21.68 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $22.58 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.90 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $34.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $40.64 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $46.06 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $56.89 | ↓ -28% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $57.80 | ↓ -27% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $61.41 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $63.21 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $81.27 | ↑ +3% |
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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $27.57 | $16.54 – $59.07 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $165.55 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $47.78 | $5.10 – $54.60 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $165.55 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $165.55 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $47.78 | $19.60 – $191.10 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $165.55 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $126.54 | $5.00 – $27.08 |