MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un 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

$831.45

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.

$5,543.00

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.

$337.57 with HUMANA vs $4,988.70 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $337.57 ↓ -59%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $337.57 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $337.57 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $337.57 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $337.57 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $340.95 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $347.70 ↓ -58%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $361.20 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $400.00 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $400.00 ↓ -52%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $421.96 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $506.36 ↓ -39%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $542.58 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $628.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $717.88 ↓ -14%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $881.69 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $988.99 ↑ +19%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,017.33 ↑ +22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,027.18 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,127.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,141.73 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,445.00 ↑ +74%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,654.00 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|PPO $2,106.34 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,826.93 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,492.09 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,769.24 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,880.10 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,988.70 ↑ +500%

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MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,938.60 $332.94 – $2,423.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,567.09 $322.56 – $2,350.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,410.38 $282.08 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,938.60 $332.94 – $2,423.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,567.09 $332.94 – $2,350.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,567.09 $809.66 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,410.38 $332.94 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,938.60 $332.94 – $2,423.25

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