Ear irrigation 69209 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

$40.95

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.

$273.00

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.

$36.31 with BCBS-TX vs $289.00 with Cigna — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $36.31 ↓ -11%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $40.95 ↑ +0%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $40.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $40.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $40.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $40.95 ↑ +0%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $40.95 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $41.77 ↑ +2%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $43.00 ↑ +5%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $54.60 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $56.15 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $56.15 ↑ +37%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $56.15 ↑ +37%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $56.15 ↑ +37%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $56.15 ↑ +37%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $56.71 ↑ +38%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $57.83 ↑ +41%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $60.08 ↑ +47%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $64.30 ↑ +57%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $70.19 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $80.86 ↑ +97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.52 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $84.23 ↑ +106%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $86.30 ↑ +111%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $90.77 ↑ +122%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $91.32 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|PPO $103.74 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.23 ↑ +240%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $140.24 ↑ +242%
United Commercial|Exchange $153.00 ↑ +274%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $161.82 ↑ +295%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $171.99 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $185.64 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $191.10 ↑ +367%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $204.00 ↑ +398%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $245.70 ↑ +500%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +606%

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