Carbon dioxide at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$25.67
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.
$171.08
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.
$4.10 with UNITED vs $153.98 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 | $4.10 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.10 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.10 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.10 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $4.10 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $4.10 | ↓ -84% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.10 | ↓ -84% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.22 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.30 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $4.88 | ↓ -81% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.88 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.88 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $4.88 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4.88 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $4.93 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $5.03 | ↓ -80% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $5.22 | ↓ -80% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $6.10 | ↓ -76% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $6.44 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $6.64 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $7.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $7.81 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9.14 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $9.27 | ↓ -64% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $12.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $14.64 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $16.10 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $17.08 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $19.72 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $20.96 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $42.77 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.75 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $65.02 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $87.26 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $107.79 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $116.34 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $119.76 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $153.98 | ↑ +500% |
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Carbon dioxide at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $106.92 | $4.39 – $18.79 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $48.08 | $4.10 – $60.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $53.69 | $7.16 – $80.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $47.00 | $4.10 – $58.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $48.08 | $4.10 – $60.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $53.69 | $4.39 – $80.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $53.69 | $4.10 – $80.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $47.00 | $4.10 – $70.50 |