Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$77.27

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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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$515.07

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.

$92.13 with TCHP vs $2,016.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $92.13 ↑ +19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $92.13 ↑ +19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.13 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $92.13 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $92.13 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $92.13 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.13 ↑ +19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $93.97 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $94.89 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $94.89 ↑ +23%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $96.74 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $134.40 ↑ +74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $144.64 ↑ +87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $149.25 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Exchange $153.00 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|PPO $195.73 ↑ +153%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $204.00 ↑ +164%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $205.45 ↑ +166%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $219.50 ↑ +184%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $219.50 ↑ +184%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $219.50 ↑ +184%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $219.50 ↑ +184%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $219.50 ↑ +184%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $221.69 ↑ +187%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $226.09 ↑ +193%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $234.87 ↑ +204%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $262.69 ↑ +240%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $274.38 ↑ +255%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $299.35 ↑ +287%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $305.46 ↑ +295%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $324.50 ↑ +320%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $329.25 ↑ +326%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $336.01 ↑ +335%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $344.62 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $350.25 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $360.55 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $463.57 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $560.01 ↑ +625%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $646.17 ↑ +736%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +2509%

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