Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$7,584.45

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.

$50,563.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $45,506.70 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $355.00 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $473.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,468.34 ↓ -81%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,483.02 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,512.39 ↓ -80%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,571.12 ↓ -79%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,835.42 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,843.18 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,202.51 ↓ -71%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,259.55 ↓ -70%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,671.77 ↓ -52%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,236.66 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,746.59 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,235.93 ↓ -31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,937.31 ↓ -22%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $10,112.60 ↑ +33%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16,913.33 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|PPO $19,213.94 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $25,787.13 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $31,854.69 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $34,382.84 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $35,394.10 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $45,506.70 ↑ +500%

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