Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery 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

$96.70

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$644.64

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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$95.55 with Cigna vs $568.80 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $95.55 ↓ -1%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $100.51 ↑ +4%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $100.51 ↑ +4%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $100.51 ↑ +4%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $100.51 ↑ +4%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $100.51 ↑ +4%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $101.52 ↑ +5%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $103.53 ↑ +7%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $107.55 ↑ +11%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $125.64 ↑ +30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $131.99 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $131.99 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↑ +36%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $131.99 ↑ +36%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $131.99 ↑ +36%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $134.63 ↑ +39%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $134.67 ↑ +39%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $138.59 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $138.71 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.71 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $150.77 ↑ +56%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $155.10 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|Exchange $158.00 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $202.24 ↑ +109%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $207.22 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $210.71 ↑ +118%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $218.17 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|PPO $240.16 ↑ +148%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $252.04 ↑ +161%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $290.29 ↑ +200%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $290.82 ↑ +201%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $294.34 ↑ +204%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $301.50 ↑ +212%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $322.32 ↑ +233%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $335.12 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $398.16 ↑ +312%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $429.76 ↑ +344%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $442.40 ↑ +357%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $568.80 ↑ +488%

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