Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$1,295.25
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.
$8,635.00
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.
$1,176.37 with SUPERIOR vs $8,432.07 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.
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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,176.37 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,176.37 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,176.37 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $1,176.37 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,176.37 | ↓ -9% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,176.37 | ↓ -9% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,176.37 | ↓ -9% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,199.90 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,211.66 | ↓ -6% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,211.66 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,235.19 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,363.00 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,817.00 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,829.04 | ↑ +41% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,846.90 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,905.72 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,623.31 | ↑ +103% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,975.08 | ↑ +130% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,975.08 | ↑ +130% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,975.08 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,975.08 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $2,975.08 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $3,004.83 | ↑ +132% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $3,064.33 | ↑ +137% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,183.34 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,209.48 | ↑ +148% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,623.00 | ↑ +180% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $3,718.85 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,073.78 | ↑ +215% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,156.92 | ↑ +221% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,307.46 | ↑ +233% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,462.62 | ↑ +245% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $4,497.10 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4,572.61 | ↑ +253% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,320.98 | ↑ +311% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $5,743.28 | ↑ +343% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,912.20 | ↑ +356% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $7,307.79 | ↑ +464% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $7,601.40 | ↑ +487% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,432.07 | ↑ +551% |
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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,470.54 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $6,873.92 | $71.00 – $10,310.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $7,897.88 | $71.00 – $9,872.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,470.54 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $6,873.92 | $85.00 – $10,310.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $6,873.92 | $1,118.22 – $10,310.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $7,897.88 | $71.00 – $11,846.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $5,470.54 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |