Iron binding capacity 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

$49.80

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.

$332.00

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.

$7.25 with United vs $37.38 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.

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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 $7.25 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.34 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $7.34 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $7.34 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $7.34 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.34 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $7.34 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.34 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $7.49 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $7.56 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.56 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $8.74 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $8.83 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.28 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -81%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $10.93 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|PPO $11.02 ↓ -78%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $11.52 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $11.89 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $13.11 ↓ -74%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $13.98 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.79 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.37 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $16.61 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $18.27 ↓ -63%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $19.72 ↓ -60%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $20.30 ↓ -59%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $22.72 ↓ -54%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $26.10 ↓ -48%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $26.22 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $28.84 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $29.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $29.00 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $37.38 ↓ -25%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $100.85 $7.85 – $151.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $100.85 $7.34 – $151.28
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