Connect omega .5mm at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$950.67
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.
$6,337.80
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.
$811.60 with BCBS-TX vs $4,869.59 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $811.60 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $919.82 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,136.24 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,190.35 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,298.56 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,352.67 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,731.41 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,056.05 | ↑ +116% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $2,434.80 | ↑ +156% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,759.44 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,408.71 | ↑ +259% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $3,462.82 | ↑ +264% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,679.25 | ↑ +287% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,787.46 | ↑ +298% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $4,869.59 | ↑ +412% |
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Connect omega .5mm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $2,063.25 | not published |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $3,489.00 | $361.13 – $792.27 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,854.12 | $313.78 – $1,494.15 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $1,069.43 | $14.78 – $104.40 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,854.12 | $313.78 – $1,494.15 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,854.12 | $313.78 – $1,494.15 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $1,069.43 | $23.20 – $98.60 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $1,854.12 | $313.78 – $1,494.15 |