Salivary gland imaging at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$175.35
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.
$1,169.00
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.
$292.25 with United vs $1,092.12 with UNITED — 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 | $292.25 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $296.76 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $374.08 | ↑ +113% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $379.82 | ↑ +117% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $379.82 | ↑ +117% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $379.82 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $379.82 | ↑ +117% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $379.82 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $383.62 | ↑ +119% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $391.21 | ↑ +123% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $406.41 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $408.83 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $424.62 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $444.22 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $471.97 | ↑ +169% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $474.77 | ↑ +171% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $489.74 | ↑ +179% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +179% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $489.74 | ↑ +179% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $489.74 | ↑ +179% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $489.74 | ↑ +179% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +179% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +179% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $499.53 | ↑ +185% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $504.43 | ↑ +188% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $504.43 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $514.23 | ↑ +193% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $569.73 | ↑ +225% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $581.90 | ↑ +232% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $596.19 | ↑ +240% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $619.57 | ↑ +253% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $736.47 | ↑ +320% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $768.89 | ↑ +338% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $793.38 | ↑ +352% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $794.92 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $818.30 | ↑ +367% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $945.59 | ↑ +439% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $1,052.10 | ↑ +500% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,091.07 | ↑ +522% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,092.12 | ↑ +523% |
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Salivary gland imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $641.66 | $158.08 – $1,723.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $175.35 | $257.18 – $1,052.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $175.35 | $210.42 – $1,215.76 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $157.85 – $1,496.70 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $157.85 – $1,496.70 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $797.67 | $157.85 – $1,496.70 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,551.03 | $157.85 – $1,496.70 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $157.85 – $1,496.70 |