Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci 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

$800.10

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.

$5,334.00

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.

$2,720.34 with Humana vs $11,540.49 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.

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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 Commercial|All Plans $2,720.34 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,360.42 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,627.12 ↑ +353%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,731.71 ↑ +366%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,733.80 ↑ +367%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $3,919.20 ↑ +390%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,919.20 ↑ +390%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,919.20 ↑ +390%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,919.20 ↑ +390%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,919.20 ↑ +390%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,958.39 ↑ +395%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $4,036.78 ↑ +405%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,113.49 ↑ +414%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,146.34 ↑ +418%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4,193.54 ↑ +424%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $4,248.04 ↑ +431%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,322.25 ↑ +440%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,324.93 ↑ +441%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,800.60 ↑ +500%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $4,899.00 ↑ +512%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,978.47 ↑ +522%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,878.80 ↑ +635%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $6,139.76 ↑ +667%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $9,977.11 ↑ +1147%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $11,540.49 ↑ +1342%

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Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $24,705.38 $3,767.49 – $56,391.97
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $12,395.63 $3,767.49 – $56,391.97
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $8,479.80 $1,729.97 – $24,228.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,818.43 $1,323.82 – $9,351.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $8,479.80 $2,095.19 – $24,228.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $8,479.80 $2,095.19 – $24,228.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,818.43 $2,078.20 – $8,832.35
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $35,963.61 $3,767.49 – $56,391.97

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