Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$30.15
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.
$201.00
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.
$34.76 with UNITED vs $180.90 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 | $34.76 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $34.76 | ↑ +15% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $34.76 | ↑ +15% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $34.76 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $34.76 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $34.76 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $35.46 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.50 | ↑ +21% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.07 | ↑ +26% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $39.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $39.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $39.21 | ↑ +30% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $41.38 | ↑ +37% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $41.38 | ↑ +37% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $41.38 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $41.38 | ↑ +37% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $41.38 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $41.79 | ↑ +39% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $42.62 | ↑ +41% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $44.28 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $50.25 | ↑ +67% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $51.73 | ↑ +72% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $54.57 | ↑ +81% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $62.07 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $64.32 | ↑ +113% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $66.21 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $76.38 | ↑ +153% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $77.51 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $78.62 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +232% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $102.51 | ↑ +240% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $107.59 | ↑ +257% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $124.14 | ↑ +312% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $126.63 | ↑ +320% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $136.55 | ↑ +353% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $136.68 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $140.70 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $144.83 | ↑ +380% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $167.18 | ↑ +454% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $180.90 | ↑ +500% |
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $125.69 | $33.02 – $269.33 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $73.85 | $29.79 – $211.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $32.38 | $37.38 – $166.50 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $73.85 | $29.79 – $211.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $73.85 | $29.79 – $211.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $32.38 | $34.76 – $157.25 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $73.85 | $29.79 – $211.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $59.98 | $24.89 – $107.59 |