Phentolaine mesylate inj 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

$1,474.92

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.

$9,832.80

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.

$414.85 with Cigna vs $8,849.52 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 Commercial|All Plans $414.85 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $424.69 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $424.69 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $424.69 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $424.69 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $424.69 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $428.94 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $437.43 ↓ -70%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $454.42 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $491.27 ↓ -67%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $530.86 ↓ -64%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $543.62 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Exchange $545.86 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $618.90 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $640.20 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $661.14 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $673.11 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $774.82 ↓ -47%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $960.91 ↓ -35%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,233.63 ↓ -16%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5,014.73 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,194.67 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $6,686.31 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,882.96 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $8,849.52 ↑ +500%

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Phentolaine mesylate inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,325.32 $244.58 – $1,413.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,325.32 $232.80 – $1,696.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,325.32 $226.20 – $1,413.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,325.32 $244.58 – $1,413.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,325.32 $244.58 – $1,696.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,325.32 $283.19 – $1,696.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,325.32 $244.58 – $1,696.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,325.32 $244.58 – $1,413.75

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