Dna gardnerella 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

$21.60

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.

$144.00

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.

$16.84 with UNITED vs $129.60 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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $16.84 ↓ -22%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.84 ↓ -22%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.84 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.84 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $16.84 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.84 ↓ -22%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $16.84 ↓ -22%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $17.18 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $17.35 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $17.35 ↓ -20%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -18%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -7%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -7%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -7%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $20.05 ↓ -7%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $20.25 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $20.65 ↓ -4%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $21.45 ↓ -1%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $25.06 ↑ +16%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $26.44 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $27.28 ↑ +26%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $30.08 ↑ +39%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $32.08 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Exchange $36.00 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $37.55 ↑ +74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $38.10 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $46.08 ↑ +113%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $52.13 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|PPO $54.72 ↑ +153%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $60.15 ↑ +178%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $66.17 ↑ +206%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $70.18 ↑ +225%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $73.44 ↑ +240%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $81.00 ↑ +275%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $86.73 ↑ +302%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $90.72 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $97.92 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $100.80 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $129.60 ↑ +500%

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