Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral 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

$332.70

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$2,218.00

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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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$147.89 with BCBS vs $1,996.20 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $147.89 ↓ -56%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $147.89 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $147.89 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $147.89 ↓ -56%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $147.89 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $149.37 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $152.33 ↓ -54%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $158.24 ↓ -52%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $183.24 ↓ -45%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $183.24 ↓ -45%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $183.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $183.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $183.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $183.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $183.24 ↓ -45%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $184.86 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $186.90 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $188.74 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $188.74 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $192.40 ↓ -42%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $220.38 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $221.84 ↓ -33%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $242.93 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $276.99 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $278.12 ↓ -16%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $287.69 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $296.85 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $301.96 ↓ -9%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $358.12 ↑ +8%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $408.63 ↑ +23%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $413.22 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $476.74 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Exchange $554.50 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $709.76 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $842.84 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,131.18 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,397.34 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,508.24 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,552.60 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,996.20 ↑ +500%

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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,410.47 $437.05 – $437.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $881.26 $129.98 – $1,101.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $857.57 $176.52 – $1,286.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $738.05 $129.98 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $881.26 $129.98 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $857.57 $139.08 – $1,286.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $857.57 $129.98 – $1,286.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $738.05 $129.98 – $1,107.08

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