Echo guide for artery repair 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

$289.50

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.

$1,930.00

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.

$294.34 with HUMANA vs $1,638.90 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $294.34 ↑ +2%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $294.34 ↑ +2%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $294.34 ↑ +2%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $294.34 ↑ +2%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $294.34 ↑ +2%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $297.28 ↑ +3%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $303.17 ↑ +5%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $314.94 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $327.25 ↑ +13%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $352.88 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $363.47 ↑ +26%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $363.47 ↑ +26%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $367.92 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $376.82 ↑ +30%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $376.82 ↑ +30%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $376.82 ↑ +30%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $376.82 ↑ +30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $376.82 ↑ +30%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $376.82 ↑ +30%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $384.36 ↑ +33%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +37%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $441.51 ↑ +53%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $442.83 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $450.84 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|Exchange $455.25 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $468.25 ↑ +62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $520.47 ↑ +80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $571.67 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $582.72 ↑ +101%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $591.61 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|PPO $691.98 ↑ +139%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $719.60 ↑ +149%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $756.04 ↑ +161%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $830.31 ↑ +187%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $840.31 ↑ +190%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $928.71 ↑ +221%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,147.23 ↑ +296%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,238.28 ↑ +328%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,274.70 ↑ +340%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,638.90 ↑ +466%

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Echo guide for artery repair at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $687.35 $206.06 – $859.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $512.15 $105.42 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $612.68 $206.06 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $687.35 $206.06 – $859.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $512.15 $206.06 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $512.15 $260.96 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $612.68 $206.06 – $919.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $687.35 $206.06 – $859.18

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