Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$755.70

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.

$5,038.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $4,533.57 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $297.70 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $339.43 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $340.82 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $370.03 ↓ -51%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $518.26 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↓ -31%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↓ -31%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $523.44 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $533.81 ↓ -29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $554.54 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $633.94 ↓ -16%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $633.94 ↓ -16%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $633.94 ↓ -16%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $633.94 ↓ -16%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $633.94 ↓ -16%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $633.94 ↓ -16%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $633.94 ↓ -16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $646.62 ↓ -14%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $647.83 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $652.96 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $652.96 ↓ -14%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $665.64 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $777.39 ↑ +3%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $778.34 ↑ +3%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $995.29 ↑ +32%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,026.98 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,259.33 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,264.80 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,413.69 ↑ +87%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,459.38 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,611.94 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $1,914.18 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,569.03 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,173.50 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,425.37 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,526.11 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,533.57 ↑ +500%

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