Brachytx isodose plan simple 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

$241.50

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.

$1,610.00

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.

$346.02 with CIGNA HEALTHSPRING vs $1,449.00 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
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $346.02 ↑ +43%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +43%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +43%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +43%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +43%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $349.48 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $356.40 ↑ +48%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $370.24 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $384.60 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Exchange $402.50 ↑ +67%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $432.52 ↑ +79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $489.37 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $515.20 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $518.54 ↑ +115%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $519.03 ↑ +115%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $521.31 ↑ +116%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $595.46 ↑ +147%
United Commercial|PPO $611.80 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $821.10 ↑ +240%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $847.13 ↑ +251%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $853.30 ↑ +253%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $977.46 ↑ +305%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,014.30 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,094.80 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,127.00 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,449.00 ↑ +500%

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Brachytx isodose plan simple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,163.04 $510.59 – $510.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $633.91 $179.61 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,032.38 $212.50 – $1,548.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $793.62 $158.72 – $992.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $633.91 $127.32 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,032.38 $331.39 – $1,548.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,032.38 $533.40 – $1,548.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $793.62 $264.54 – $1,190.43

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