Natriuretic peptide at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$75.60
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$504.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$21.75 with United vs $169.01 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $21.75 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.84 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $32.98 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $32.98 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $32.98 | ↓ -56% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $32.98 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $32.98 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $32.98 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $32.98 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $33.06 | ↓ -56% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $33.64 | ↓ -56% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $33.97 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $33.97 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.63 | ↓ -54% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -48% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $39.26 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $39.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $40.44 | ↓ -47% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $42.01 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $44.37 | ↓ -41% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $49.07 | ↓ -35% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $51.78 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $53.43 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $54.81 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $58.89 | ↓ -22% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $59.16 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $60.90 | ↓ -19% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $62.82 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $73.55 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $74.59 | ↓ -1% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $78.30 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $87.00 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $87.00 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $87.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $102.08 | ↑ +35% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $117.78 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $169.01 | ↑ +124% |
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Natriuretic peptide at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $360.87 | $35.33 – $151.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $906.00 | $10.00 – $305.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $906.00 | $12.00 – $333.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $906.00 | $12.00 – $261.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $906.00 | $10.00 – $305.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $906.00 | $12.00 – $333.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $906.00 | $8.00 – $333.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $906.00 | $12.00 – $314.27 |