Contrast x-ray of brain at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$336.00
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.
$2,240.00
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.
$512.82 with Cigna vs $2,143.54 with UNITED — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $512.82 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $560.00 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $716.80 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $746.78 | ↑ +122% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $746.78 | ↑ +122% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $746.78 | ↑ +122% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $746.78 | ↑ +122% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $746.78 | ↑ +122% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $754.25 | ↑ +124% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $769.18 | ↑ +129% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $799.05 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $851.20 | ↑ +153% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $933.35 | ↑ +178% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $933.47 | ↑ +178% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $961.23 | ↑ +186% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $961.23 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $961.23 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $961.23 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $961.23 | ↑ +186% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $961.23 | ↑ +186% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $961.35 | ↑ +186% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $961.35 | ↑ +186% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $980.45 | ↑ +192% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,009.29 | ↑ +200% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,120.17 | ↑ +233% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $1,129.65 | ↑ +236% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,142.40 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,279.94 | ↑ +281% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,411.20 | ↑ +320% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,509.13 | ↑ +349% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,512.03 | ↑ +350% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,523.20 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,568.00 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,763.32 | ↑ +425% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,831.41 | ↑ +445% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,835.68 | ↑ +446% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +500% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,035.65 | ↑ +506% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,118.09 | ↑ +530% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,143.54 | ↑ +538% |
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,336.32 | $166.40 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,718.20 | $353.66 – $2,577.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,050.99 | $166.40 – $2,563.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,336.32 | $166.40 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,718.20 | $178.05 – $2,577.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,718.20 | $166.40 – $2,577.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,050.99 | $166.40 – $3,076.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,336.32 | $166.40 – $1,983.49 |