Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis b 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

$64.05

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.

$427.00

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.

$35.99 with UNITED vs $384.30 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 $35.99 ↓ -44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $35.99 ↓ -44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.99 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.99 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $35.99 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $35.99 ↓ -44%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $35.99 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $36.71 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.07 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $37.07 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $37.79 ↓ -41%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -33%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -33%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $42.84 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $43.27 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -31%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $45.84 ↓ -28%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $53.55 ↓ -16%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $56.50 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $58.30 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $64.26 ↑ +0%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $68.54 ↑ +7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $80.26 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $81.40 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Exchange $106.75 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $111.38 ↑ +74%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $128.52 ↑ +101%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $136.64 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $141.37 ↑ +121%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $149.94 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|PPO $162.26 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $173.07 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $185.47 ↑ +190%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $217.77 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $269.01 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $290.36 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $298.90 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $384.30 ↑ +500%

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