Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$118.95

Cash price

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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.

$793.00

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.

$118.89 with SUPERIOR vs $2,016.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $118.89 ↓ -0%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $118.89 ↓ -0%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $118.89 ↓ -0%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $118.89 ↓ -0%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $118.89 ↓ -0%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $118.89 ↓ -0%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $121.26 ↑ +2%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $124.83 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Exchange $153.00 ↑ +29%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $158.51 ↑ +33%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $186.65 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $204.00 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $204.34 ↑ +72%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $265.11 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|PPO $301.17 ↑ +153%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $313.52 ↑ +164%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $313.52 ↑ +164%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $313.52 ↑ +164%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $313.52 ↑ +164%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $313.52 ↑ +164%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $316.66 ↑ +166%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $322.93 ↑ +171%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $335.47 ↑ +182%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $391.90 ↑ +229%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $404.20 ↑ +240%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $455.11 ↑ +283%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $464.40 ↑ +290%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $470.28 ↑ +295%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $477.81 ↑ +302%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $499.31 ↑ +320%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $510.84 ↑ +329%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $538.93 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $554.78 ↑ +366%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $713.29 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $776.44 ↑ +553%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $895.89 ↑ +653%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +1595%

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