Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest 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

$358.35

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.

$2,389.00

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.

$81.31 with BCBS-TX vs $2,150.10 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.

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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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $81.31 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.78 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $88.78 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $88.78 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $88.78 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.78 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $88.78 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $90.56 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $93.22 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $95.64 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $98.51 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $98.51 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $112.02 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $116.34 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $129.32 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $139.38 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $154.94 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $197.98 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Exchange $597.25 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $764.48 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $907.82 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,218.39 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,505.07 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,624.52 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,672.30 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,150.10 ↑ +500%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $470.69 $86.50 – $666.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $567.63 $94.99 – $851.45
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $470.69 $87.54 – $666.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $567.63 $93.67 – $851.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $567.63 $87.54 – $851.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $459.43 $87.54 – $689.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $470.69 $86.50 – $666.82

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