Histamine at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$48.45
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.
$323.00
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.
$24.81 with UNITED vs $290.70 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 | $24.81 | ↓ -49% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $24.81 | ↓ -49% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.81 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.81 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $24.81 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $24.81 | ↓ -49% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.81 | ↓ -49% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.31 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.55 | ↓ -47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.55 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.05 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $29.53 | ↓ -39% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $29.53 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $29.53 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $29.53 | ↓ -39% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $29.53 | ↓ -39% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $29.83 | ↓ -38% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $30.42 | ↓ -37% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $31.60 | ↓ -35% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $36.91 | ↓ -24% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $38.95 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $40.19 | ↓ -17% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $44.30 | ↓ -9% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $47.25 | ↓ -2% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $55.33 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $56.11 | ↑ +16% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $76.78 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $80.75 | ↑ +67% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $88.59 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $97.45 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $103.36 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.36 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $119.30 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $122.74 | ↑ +153% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $127.13 | ↑ +162% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $164.73 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $203.49 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $219.64 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $226.10 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $290.70 | ↑ +500% |
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Histamine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $154.66 | $10.00 – $193.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $189.64 | $12.00 – $284.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $177.58 | $12.00 – $221.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $154.66 | $10.00 – $193.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $189.64 | $12.00 – $284.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $189.64 | $8.00 – $284.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $177.58 | $12.00 – $266.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $154.66 | $10.00 – $193.33 |