Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) 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

$281.97

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.

$1,879.80

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.

$0.02 with Cigna vs $35.06 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 $0.02 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $0.06 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $0.07 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $0.07 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.54 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Exchange $0.60 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $14.81 ↓ -95%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $17.53 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.87 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $24.54 ↓ -91%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $24.93 ↓ -91%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $26.49 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $27.27 ↓ -90%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $35.06 ↓ -88%

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Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $30.12 $0.12 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $65.44 $0.02 – $2.05
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $56.70 $0.07 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $32.05 $0.02 – $2.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $61.74 $0.02 – $2.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $61.65 $0.02 – $2.05
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.84 $0.03 – $54.75
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.84 $0.03 – $54.75

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