MRA without cont, abd 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

$618.90

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.

$4,126.00

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.

$228.48 with CIGNA HEALTHSPRING vs $3,713.40 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
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $228.48 ↓ -63%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $228.48 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $230.76 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $235.33 ↓ -62%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $244.47 ↓ -60%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $285.60 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $342.72 ↓ -45%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $345.71 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $400.00 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $400.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $438.12 ↓ -29%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $561.78 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $603.57 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $626.88 ↑ +1%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $628.00 ↑ +1%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $648.21 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $696.79 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,127.00 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,445.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|PPO $1,567.88 ↑ +153%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,654.00 ↑ +167%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,104.26 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,599.38 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,805.68 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,888.20 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,713.40 ↑ +500%

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MRA without cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,050.65 $328.59 – $4,394.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,128.05 $279.65 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $10,285.86 $410.15 – $437.25
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $684.18 $293.22 – $977.40
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,128.05 $328.59 – $3,223.00

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