Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$947.07

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.

$6,313.80

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.

$796.45 with BCBS vs $5,682.42 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 Medicare|All Plans $796.45 ↓ -16%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $796.45 ↓ -16%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $796.45 ↓ -16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $796.45 ↓ -16%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $796.45 ↓ -16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $804.41 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $820.34 ↓ -13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $852.20 ↓ -10%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $947.07 ↑ +0%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $947.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $947.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $947.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $947.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $947.07 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $966.02 ↑ +2%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $994.43 ↑ +5%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $995.56 ↑ +5%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,194.68 ↑ +26%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,251.95 ↑ +32%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,262.76 ↑ +33%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,426.65 ↑ +51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,486.90 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,578.45 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,626.65 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,633.32 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,773.32 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,020.42 ↑ +113%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,034.42 ↑ +115%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,111.97 ↑ +123%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $2,347.41 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|PPO $2,399.25 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,220.04 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,977.70 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,293.39 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,419.66 ↑ +367%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,804.00 ↑ +407%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $5,682.42 ↑ +500%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,062.22 $788.30 – $4,593.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,062.22 $1,582.15 – $4,593.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,595.72 $788.30 – $5,393.58

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