Core ndl bx lng/med perq at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$775.44
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.
$5,169.60
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.
$511.75 with TCHP vs $7,808.00 with Cigna — 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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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $511.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $527.10 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $527.10 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $761.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $829.03 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $928.62 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,014.00 | ↑ +31% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,141.20 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,205.36 | ↑ +55% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,531.48 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,531.48 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,531.48 | ↑ +97% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,531.48 | ↑ +97% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,531.48 | ↑ +97% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,546.79 | ↑ +99% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $1,577.42 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,617.72 | ↑ +109% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,638.68 | ↑ +111% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $1,914.35 | ↑ +147% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,998.36 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2,068.29 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,110.50 | ↑ +172% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,156.96 | ↑ +178% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,220.40 | ↑ +186% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $2,287.42 | ↑ +195% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,297.22 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,321.55 | ↑ +199% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $2,854.80 | ↑ +268% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3,717.06 | ↑ +379% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,288.92 | ↑ +453% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $7,808.00 | ↑ +907% |
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Core ndl bx lng/med perq at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,063.31 | $486.45 – $6,299.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,420.97 | $520.50 – $6,837.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,952.39 | $486.45 – $6,837.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,063.31 | $486.45 – $8,921.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,420.97 | $520.50 – $6,837.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,420.97 | $486.45 – $5,131.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,952.39 | $486.45 – $6,837.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,063.31 | $486.45 – $8,921.00 |