Chloride 24 hour urine at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$40.35
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.
$269.00
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.
$4.83 with UNITED vs $242.10 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 | $4.83 | ↓ -88% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.83 | ↓ -88% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.83 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.83 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $4.83 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $4.83 | ↓ -88% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.83 | ↓ -88% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.93 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.97 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.97 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.07 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $5.75 | ↓ -86% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.75 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.75 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $5.75 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $5.75 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $5.81 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $5.92 | ↓ -85% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $6.15 | ↓ -85% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $7.19 | ↓ -82% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $7.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $7.82 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $8.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $9.20 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10.77 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $10.93 | ↓ -73% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $14.95 | ↓ -63% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $17.25 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $18.98 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $20.13 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $23.23 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $25.41 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $67.25 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $86.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $102.22 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $137.19 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $169.47 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $182.92 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $188.30 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $242.10 | ↑ +500% |
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Chloride 24 hour urine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $129.84 | $5.18 – $22.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $58.30 | $4.83 – $72.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $45.91 | $8.43 – $68.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $54.28 | $4.83 – $67.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $58.30 | $4.83 – $72.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $45.91 | $5.17 – $68.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $45.91 | $4.83 – $68.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $54.28 | $4.83 – $81.42 |