Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$171.90
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.
$1,146.00
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.
$38.72 with United vs $954.90 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.72 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $43.02 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $324.85 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $335.48 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $341.55 | ↑ +99% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $393.16 | ↑ +129% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $541.11 | ↑ +215% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $668.43 | ↑ +289% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $721.48 | ↑ +320% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $742.70 | ↑ +332% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $954.90 | ↑ +455% |
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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $27.09 | $20.13 – $538.00 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $28.35 | $21.87 – $538.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $33.78 | $24.59 – $193.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $28.35 | $21.06 – $538.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $28.35 | $21.06 – $538.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $33.78 | $38.60 – $193.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $28.35 | $21.06 – $538.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $320.99 | $57.48 – $458.55 |