Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$48.30
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.
$322.00
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.
$122.36 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 | Commercial|PPO | $122.36 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $164.22 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $202.86 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $218.96 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $225.40 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $289.80 | ↑ +500% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $355.00 | ↑ +635% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $412.53 | ↑ +754% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $473.00 | ↑ +879% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +1255% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +1255% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +1255% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +1255% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $654.58 | ↑ +1255% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $661.13 | ↑ +1269% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $674.22 | ↑ +1296% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $700.40 | ↑ +1350% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $818.23 | ↑ +1594% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $918.82 | ↑ +1802% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $937.58 | ↑ +1841% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $975.68 | ↑ +1920% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $981.87 | ↑ +1933% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,031.33 | ↑ +2035% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,585.48 | ↑ +3183% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,829.40 | ↑ +3688% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +4074% |
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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,582.12 | $448.27 – $1,977.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,441.04 | $71.00 – $2,161.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,491.47 | $71.00 – $1,864.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,582.12 | $421.90 – $1,977.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,441.04 | $85.00 – $2,161.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,441.04 | $744.54 – $2,161.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,491.47 | $71.00 – $2,237.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,582.12 | $421.90 – $1,977.65 |