Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$62.58

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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.

$417.18

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.

$11.27 with UNITED vs $331.29 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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.27 ↓ -82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.27 ↓ -82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.27 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.27 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $11.27 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $11.27 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $11.27 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.50 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.61 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.61 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.83 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -79%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $13.42 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $13.55 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $13.82 ↓ -78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.36 ↓ -77%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -73%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $17.69 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $18.26 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $20.13 ↓ -68%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $21.47 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.13 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $25.50 ↓ -59%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $34.89 ↓ -44%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $40.26 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $44.29 ↓ -29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $46.97 ↓ -25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $54.22 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $58.34 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Exchange $92.03 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $117.80 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|PPO $139.88 ↑ +124%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $187.74 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $231.91 ↑ +271%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $250.31 ↑ +300%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $257.67 ↑ +312%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $331.29 ↑ +429%

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