Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$141.30

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.

$942.00

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.

$71.48 with UNITED vs $847.13 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 $71.48 ↓ -49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $71.48 ↓ -49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $71.48 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $71.48 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $71.48 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $71.48 ↓ -49%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $71.48 ↓ -49%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $72.91 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $73.62 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $73.62 ↓ -48%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $75.05 ↓ -47%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $85.10 ↓ -40%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $85.10 ↓ -40%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $85.10 ↓ -40%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $85.10 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $85.10 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $85.95 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $87.65 ↓ -38%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $91.06 ↓ -36%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $106.38 ↓ -25%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $112.22 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $115.80 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $127.65 ↓ -10%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $136.16 ↓ -4%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $159.40 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $161.69 ↑ +14%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $221.26 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Exchange $235.32 ↑ +67%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $255.30 ↑ +81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $280.83 ↑ +99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $297.85 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $301.20 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $343.80 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|PPO $357.68 ↑ +153%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $367.92 ↑ +160%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $480.04 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $592.99 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $640.05 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $658.88 ↑ +366%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $847.13 ↑ +500%

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