Design mlc device for imrt 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

$311.10

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.

$2,074.00

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.

$346.02 with HUMANA vs $1,866.60 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +11%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +11%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $346.02 ↑ +11%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $346.02 ↑ +11%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $349.48 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $356.40 ↑ +15%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $370.24 ↑ +19%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $432.52 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Exchange $518.50 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $519.03 ↑ +67%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $521.31 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $663.68 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $788.12 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $811.01 ↑ +161%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $847.13 ↑ +172%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $977.46 ↑ +214%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,031.95 ↑ +232%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,057.74 ↑ +240%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,093.47 ↑ +251%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,099.22 ↑ +253%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,255.67 ↑ +304%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,306.62 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,410.32 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,451.80 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,866.60 ↑ +500%

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Design mlc device for imrt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,980.92 $357.33 – $2,476.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,981.28 $407.81 – $2,971.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,677.86 $335.57 – $2,097.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,980.92 $268.47 – $2,476.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,981.28 $357.33 – $2,971.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,981.28 $915.33 – $2,971.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,677.86 $357.33 – $2,516.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,980.92 $357.33 – $2,476.16

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