Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$535.80

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.

$3,572.00

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 $3,214.13 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 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $158.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $180.27 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $181.01 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $196.52 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $228.48 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -57%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -57%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $230.76 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $235.33 ↓ -56%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $244.47 ↓ -54%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $285.60 ↓ -47%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $294.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $294.24 ↓ -45%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $294.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $294.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $294.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $294.24 ↓ -45%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $294.24 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $300.12 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $303.07 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $303.07 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $308.95 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $342.72 ↓ -36%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $345.71 ↓ -35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $461.96 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $476.67 ↓ -11%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $561.78 ↑ +5%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $648.21 ↑ +21%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $656.16 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|Exchange $892.82 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,142.80 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $1,357.08 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,821.34 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,249.89 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,428.45 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,499.88 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,214.13 ↑ +500%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $974.85 $284.44 – $284.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $838.44 $104.39 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $838.44 $97.56 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $838.44 $97.56 – $1,257.66

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