Device ablt adv novasure 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

$3,261.67

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.

$21,744.45

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $19,570.01 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Exchange $5,436.12 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,958.23 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $8,262.90 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11,089.67 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $13,699.01 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $14,786.23 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $15,221.12 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $19,570.01 ↑ +500%

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Device ablt adv novasure at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $6,148.80 not published
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $8,530.41 $100.00 – $1,593.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $8,530.41 $100.00 – $1,593.90
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $8,530.41 $100.00 – $1,593.90
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $8,530.41 $100.00 – $1,593.90
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $8,530.41 $100.00 – $1,593.90
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $3,261.67 $100.00 – $19,570.01
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $6,148.80 $6,600.77 – $6,600.77

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