Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$510.30
Cash price 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.
$3,402.00
Gross charge 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.
$857.59 with UNITED vs $7,516.80 with Brookshire Brothers — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $857.59 | ↑ +68% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $857.59 | ↑ +68% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $857.59 | ↑ +68% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $857.59 | ↑ +68% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $857.59 | ↑ +68% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $857.59 | ↑ +68% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $857.59 | ↑ +68% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $874.74 | ↑ +71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $883.32 | ↑ +73% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $883.32 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $900.47 | ↑ +76% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,268.00 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,292.76 | ↑ +153% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,346.42 | ↑ +164% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,389.30 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,530.47 | ↑ +200% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,690.00 | ↑ +231% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,735.02 | ↑ +240% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,912.43 | ↑ +275% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,143.26 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,313.36 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,381.40 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $2,705.27 | ↑ +430% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,705.27 | ↑ +430% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,705.27 | ↑ +430% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,705.27 | ↑ +430% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,705.27 | ↑ +430% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $2,732.32 | ↑ +435% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $2,786.43 | ↑ +446% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $2,894.64 | ↑ +467% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $3,061.80 | ↑ +500% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $3,381.59 | ↑ +563% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $3,408.77 | ↑ +568% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $3,478.34 | ↑ +582% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,623.00 | ↑ +610% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $3,826.17 | ↑ +650% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $4,008.96 | ↑ +686% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,057.91 | ↑ +695% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $6,514.56 | ↑ +1177% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,516.80 | ↑ +1373% |
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Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,606.86 | $815.20 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,187.72 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,620.47 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,606.86 | $815.20 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,187.72 | $85.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,187.72 | $815.20 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,620.47 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,606.86 | $815.20 – $7,039.11 |