T4 (thyroxine) total 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

$58.80

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.

$392.00

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.

$5.75 with United vs $29.90 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.

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $5.75 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.77 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $5.77 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $5.77 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.77 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $5.77 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.77 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $5.89 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $5.94 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.94 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $6.06 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $6.87 ↓ -88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $6.94 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -88%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.36 ↓ -87%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $8.59 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|PPO $8.74 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $9.06 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.35 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $10.31 ↓ -82%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $10.99 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.73 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.87 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $13.05 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -75%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $15.64 ↓ -73%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $16.10 ↓ -73%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $17.86 ↓ -70%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $20.61 ↓ -65%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $20.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $22.67 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $23.00 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $23.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $29.90 ↓ -49%

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T4 (thyroxine) total at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $227.20 $6.18 – $26.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $102.22 $5.77 – $127.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $73.64 $10.07 – $110.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $102.22 $5.77 – $127.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $102.22 $5.77 – $127.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $73.64 $6.17 – $110.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $73.64 $5.77 – $110.46
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