Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$84.75

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$565.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$41.19 with UNITED vs $508.50 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $41.19 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $41.19 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $41.19 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $41.19 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $41.19 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $41.19 ↓ -51%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $41.19 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.01 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $42.43 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.43 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $43.25 ↓ -49%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -42%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -42%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $49.03 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $49.52 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $50.50 ↓ -40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $52.46 ↓ -38%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $61.29 ↓ -28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $64.67 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $66.73 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $73.55 ↓ -13%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $78.45 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $91.85 ↑ +8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $93.16 ↑ +10%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $127.48 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Exchange $141.25 ↑ +67%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $147.09 ↑ +74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $161.80 ↑ +91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $171.61 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $180.80 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $198.08 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $212.39 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|PPO $214.70 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $288.15 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $355.95 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $384.20 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $395.50 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $508.50 ↑ +500%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,239.31 $10.00 – $497.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $463.13 $12.00 – $497.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $463.13 $12.00 – $414.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,239.31 $10.00 – $497.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $463.13 $12.00 – $497.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $463.13 $8.00 – $497.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $463.13 $12.00 – $497.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,239.31 $10.00 – $497.31

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →