Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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.
$39.25 with United vs $157.00 with BCBS-TX — 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 | Commercial|Exchange | $39.25 | ↑ +30% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $43.10 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $43.10 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $43.10 | ↑ +43% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $43.10 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $43.10 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $43.10 | ↑ +43% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $43.96 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.26 | ↑ +50% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.21 | ↑ +57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $48.63 | ↑ +61% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $48.63 | ↑ +61% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $48.63 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.24 | ↑ +67% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +70% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +70% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $51.82 | ↑ +72% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $52.85 | ↑ +75% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $54.90 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $59.66 | ↑ +98% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $64.14 | ↑ +113% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $67.67 | ↑ +124% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $76.97 | ↑ +155% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $80.07 | ↑ +166% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $82.10 | ↑ +172% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $96.11 | ↑ +219% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $97.49 | ↑ +223% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $98.91 | ↑ +228% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +232% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $106.76 | ↑ +254% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $109.90 | ↑ +265% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $133.41 | ↑ +342% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $141.30 | ↑ +369% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $153.93 | ↑ +411% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $157.00 | ↑ +421% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $157.00 | ↑ +421% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $157.00 | ↑ +421% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $488.44 | $46.18 – $197.54 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $900.00 | $10.00 – $129.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $111.78 | $12.00 – $167.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $103.50 | $12.00 – $129.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $900.00 | $10.00 – $129.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $111.78 | $12.00 – $167.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $111.78 | $8.00 – $167.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $103.50 | $12.00 – $155.25 |