Clip ligating vesolock lg 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

$31,286.28

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.

$208,575.15

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.

$136.40 with BCBS-TX vs $818.37 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $136.40 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $154.59 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $190.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $200.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $218.24 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $227.33 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $290.98 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|PPO $345.54 ↓ -99%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $409.19 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $463.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $572.86 ↓ -98%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $581.96 ↓ -98%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $618.33 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $636.51 ↓ -98%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $818.37 ↓ -97%

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Clip ligating vesolock lg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,658.12 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $518.91 $100.00 – $600.87
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,404.05 $34.62 – $164.85
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,218.88 $23.57 – $166.50
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $4,404.05 $34.62 – $164.85
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $4,404.05 $34.62 – $164.85
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,218.88 $37.00 – $157.25
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $4,404.05 $34.62 – $164.85

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