Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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

$38.25

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.

$255.00

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.

$12.08 with UNITED vs $82.80 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 $12.08 ↓ -68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.08 ↓ -68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.08 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.08 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $12.08 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $12.08 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $12.08 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.32 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.44 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.44 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $12.68 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↓ -62%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↓ -62%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $14.38 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $14.52 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $14.81 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↓ -60%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -53%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $18.97 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $19.57 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.57 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Exchange $23.00 ↓ -40%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $23.01 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $26.94 ↓ -30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $27.32 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29.44 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|PPO $34.96 ↓ -9%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $37.39 ↓ -2%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $43.14 ↑ +13%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $46.92 ↑ +23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $47.45 ↑ +24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $50.33 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $57.96 ↑ +52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $58.10 ↑ +52%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $62.56 ↑ +64%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $62.83 ↑ +64%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $64.40 ↑ +68%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $82.80 ↑ +116%

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