H pylori (c-13) breath at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$60.44
Cash price 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.
$402.90
Gross charge 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.
$56.58 with UNITED vs $362.61 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $56.58 | ↓ -6% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $56.58 | ↓ -6% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $56.58 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $56.58 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $56.58 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $56.58 | ↓ -6% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.58 | ↓ -6% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $57.71 | ↓ -5% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $58.28 | ↓ -4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $58.28 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.41 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↑ +11% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↑ +11% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↑ +11% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $67.36 | ↑ +11% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $68.03 | ↑ +13% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $69.38 | ↑ +15% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $72.08 | ↑ +19% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $84.20 | ↑ +39% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $88.83 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $91.66 | ↑ +52% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $100.73 | ↑ +67% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $101.04 | ↑ +67% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $107.78 | ↑ +78% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $126.17 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $127.98 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $128.93 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $153.11 | ↑ +153% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $175.14 | ↑ +190% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $202.08 | ↑ +234% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $205.48 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $222.29 | ↑ +268% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $235.76 | ↑ +290% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $253.83 | ↑ +320% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $272.13 | ↑ +350% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $273.98 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $282.03 | ↑ +367% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $291.65 | ↑ +383% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $362.61 | ↑ +500% |
Visitor-reported prices
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H pylori (c-13) breath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $231.31 | $10.00 – $289.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $240.52 | $12.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $240.52 | $12.00 – $300.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $231.31 | $10.00 – $289.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $240.52 | $12.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $240.52 | $8.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $240.52 | $12.00 – $360.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $231.31 | $10.00 – $289.14 |