Infuse radioactive materials 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

$79.35

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.

$529.00

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.

$132.25 with United vs $710.94 with Brookshire Brothers — 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 Commercial|Exchange $132.25 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $169.28 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $201.02 ↑ +153%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $248.57 ↑ +213%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $248.57 ↑ +213%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $248.57 ↑ +213%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $248.57 ↑ +213%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $248.57 ↑ +213%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $251.06 ↑ +216%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $256.03 ↑ +223%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $265.97 ↑ +235%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $269.79 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $280.37 ↑ +253%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $310.71 ↑ +292%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $333.27 ↑ +320%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $349.07 ↑ +340%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $359.72 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $370.30 ↑ +367%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $372.86 ↑ +370%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $379.17 ↑ +378%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $444.17 ↑ +460%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $470.65 ↑ +493%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $476.10 ↑ +500%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $529.00 ↑ +567%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $616.15 ↑ +676%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $710.94 ↑ +796%

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