Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years 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

$888.30

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$5,922.00

Gross charge

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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.

$355.00 with United vs $5,329.80 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 Commercial|Exchange $355.00 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $469.48 ↓ -47%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $469.48 ↓ -47%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $469.48 ↓ -47%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $469.48 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $469.48 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $469.48 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $469.48 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $473.00 ↓ -47%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $478.87 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $483.56 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $483.56 ↓ -46%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $492.95 ↓ -45%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $737.08 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $760.56 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,046.94 ↑ +18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,076.55 ↑ +21%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +65%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +65%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,483.02 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,512.39 ↑ +70%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,571.12 ↑ +77%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,835.42 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +127%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,202.51 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|PPO $2,250.36 ↑ +153%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,259.55 ↑ +154%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,397.76 ↑ +170%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,446.70 ↑ +175%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,691.36 ↑ +203%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,020.22 ↑ +240%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,671.77 ↑ +313%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,730.86 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,026.96 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,145.40 ↑ +367%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,236.66 ↑ +377%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $5,329.80 ↑ +500%

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