Egd remove foreign body 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

$334.34

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.

$2,228.88

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.

$352.37 with UNITED vs $2,957.00 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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $352.37 ↑ +5%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $352.37 ↑ +5%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $352.37 ↑ +5%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $352.37 ↑ +5%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $352.37 ↑ +5%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $352.37 ↑ +5%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $352.37 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $359.42 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $362.94 ↑ +9%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $362.94 ↑ +9%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $369.99 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $518.71 ↑ +55%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $553.22 ↑ +65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $570.84 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Exchange $761.00 ↑ +128%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $785.79 ↑ +135%
United Commercial|PPO $846.98 ↑ +153%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $886.20 ↑ +165%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $886.20 ↑ +165%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $886.20 ↑ +165%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $886.20 ↑ +165%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $886.20 ↑ +165%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $895.06 ↑ +168%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $912.79 ↑ +173%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $948.23 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,014.00 ↑ +203%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,107.75 ↑ +231%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,136.73 ↑ +240%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,155.30 ↑ +246%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,178.88 ↑ +253%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,278.93 ↑ +283%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,296.77 ↑ +288%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,329.30 ↑ +298%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,404.20 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,515.64 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,560.22 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,006.00 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,078.26 ↑ +522%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $2,397.99 ↑ +617%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,957.00 ↑ +784%

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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,127.28 $879.87 – $7,034.24
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