Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$76.35

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.

$508.98

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.

$12.50 with United vs $109.20 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 $12.50 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.00 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|PPO $19.00 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.23 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $21.23 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $21.23 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $21.23 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $21.23 ↓ -72%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.23 ↓ -72%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.23 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.65 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.87 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.87 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $22.29 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -67%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $25.27 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $25.50 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $25.52 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $26.03 ↓ -66%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $27.04 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↓ -59%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $31.59 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $33.33 ↓ -56%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $34.39 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $37.91 ↓ -50%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $40.43 ↓ -47%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $47.34 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $48.01 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $50.00 ↓ -35%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $65.70 ↓ -14%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $75.81 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $109.20 ↑ +43%

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