External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$182.55

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.

$1,217.00

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.

$120.75 with UNITED vs $1,095.30 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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $120.75 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $120.75 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $120.75 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $120.75 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $120.75 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $120.75 ↓ -34%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $120.75 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $123.17 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $124.37 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $124.37 ↓ -32%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $126.79 ↓ -31%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $145.19 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $148.06 ↓ -19%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $153.81 ↓ -16%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $179.69 ↓ -2%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $189.58 ↑ +4%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $195.62 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $215.63 ↑ +18%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $230.00 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $269.27 ↑ +48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $273.13 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Exchange $304.25 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $373.75 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $389.44 ↑ +113%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $431.25 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|PPO $462.46 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $474.38 ↑ +160%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $503.13 ↑ +176%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $580.75 ↑ +218%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $620.67 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $620.68 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $766.71 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $827.56 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $851.90 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,095.30 ↑ +500%

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