Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$317.25
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.
$2,115.00
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.
$276.53 with UNITED vs $2,016.00 with Cigna — 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 | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $276.53 | ↓ -13% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $276.53 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $276.53 | ↓ -13% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $276.53 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $276.53 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $276.53 | ↓ -13% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $276.53 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $282.06 | ↓ -11% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $284.83 | ↓ -10% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $284.83 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $290.36 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $355.00 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $412.53 | ↑ +30% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $434.15 | ↑ +37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $447.98 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $473.00 | ↑ +49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $616.66 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +106% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +106% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +106% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +106% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +106% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $661.13 | ↑ +108% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $674.22 | ↑ +113% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $700.40 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $803.70 | ↑ +153% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $818.23 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $918.82 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $937.58 | ↑ +196% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $975.68 | ↑ +208% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $981.87 | ↑ +209% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,031.33 | ↑ +225% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,078.65 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,332.45 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,438.20 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,480.50 | ↑ +367% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,585.48 | ↑ +400% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,829.40 | ↑ +477% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $1,903.50 | ↑ +500% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +535% |
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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,033.74 | $262.86 – $2,542.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,140.93 | $71.00 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,817.24 | $71.00 – $2,271.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,033.74 | $262.86 – $2,542.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,140.93 | $85.00 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,140.93 | $262.86 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,817.24 | $71.00 – $2,725.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,033.74 | $262.86 – $2,542.18 |