Lead capillary 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

$23.40

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.

$156.00

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.

$10.00 with United vs $52.33 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 $10.00 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.17 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $10.17 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $10.17 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $10.17 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.17 ↓ -57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.17 ↓ -57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.17 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.37 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.48 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.48 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $10.68 ↓ -54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $12.11 ↓ -48%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -48%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -48%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $12.23 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.80 ↓ -45%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.96 ↓ -45%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $15.14 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|PPO $15.20 ↓ -35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $15.97 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.48 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $18.17 ↓ -22%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -17%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20.40 ↓ -13%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $22.68 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $23.01 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↑ +8%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $27.20 ↑ +16%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↑ +20%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $31.49 ↑ +35%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +54%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $36.33 ↑ +55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $39.96 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $40.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $52.33 ↑ +124%

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