Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$174.00
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.
$1,160.00
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.
$55.02 with BCBS-TX vs $1,054.83 with Brookshire Brothers — 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $55.02 | ↓ -68% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.36 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.36 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $71.36 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $71.36 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $71.36 | ↓ -59% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.36 | ↓ -59% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $71.36 | ↓ -59% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $72.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $73.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $73.50 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.93 | ↓ -57% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $112.04 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $115.60 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $122.55 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $125.06 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $137.56 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $153.00 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $159.13 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $204.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $289.00 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $374.68 | ↑ +115% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $377.64 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $377.64 | ↑ +117% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $377.64 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $377.64 | ↑ +117% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $377.64 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $381.42 | ↑ +119% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $388.97 | ↑ +124% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $404.07 | ↑ +132% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $472.05 | ↑ +171% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $502.86 | ↑ +189% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $562.58 | ↑ +223% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $566.46 | ↑ +226% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $621.18 | ↑ +257% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $670.48 | ↑ +285% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $690.20 | ↑ +297% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $887.40 | ↑ +410% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $914.19 | ↑ +425% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,054.83 | ↑ +506% |
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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $581.36 | $71.00 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $673.86 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $581.36 | $72.58 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $581.36 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $673.86 | $67.83 – $1,010.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |