Mayo iodine 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

$77.10

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.

$514.00

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.

$20.25 with UNITED vs $115.20 with Galaxy — 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 Medicaid|STARKIDS $20.25 ↓ -74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.25 ↓ -74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.25 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.25 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $20.25 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $20.25 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $20.25 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.66 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.86 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.86 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $21.26 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -69%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $24.11 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.35 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $24.83 ↓ -68%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $25.80 ↓ -67%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $30.14 ↓ -61%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $31.79 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Exchange $32.00 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $32.80 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.17 ↓ -53%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $38.58 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.96 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $45.16 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $45.81 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|PPO $48.64 ↓ -37%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $62.69 ↓ -19%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $65.28 ↓ -15%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $72.33 ↓ -6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $79.56 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $80.64 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $84.39 ↑ +9%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $87.04 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $89.60 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $97.40 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $104.71 ↑ +36%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $115.20 ↑ +49%

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