Tc-99m medronate at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$132.45
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.
$883.00
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.
$27.71 with BCBS-TX vs $794.70 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.
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 Premier | $27.71 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $28.62 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $29.14 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $33.54 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.27 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $59.19 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $450.33 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $556.29 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $600.44 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $618.10 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $794.70 | ↑ +500% |
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Tc-99m medronate at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,048.89 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,099.56 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $384.78 | $14.12 – $824.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $61.25 | $11.66 – $175.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $82.78 | $17.87 – $425.70 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $903.13 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $61.25 | $14.12 – $175.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $61.25 | $14.12 – $175.00 |