Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$62.40
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.
$416.00
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.
$100.51 with BCBS vs $393.16 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.
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 | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $100.51 | ↑ +61% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↑ +61% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $100.51 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $101.52 | ↑ +63% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $103.53 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $104.00 | ↑ +67% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $107.55 | ↑ +72% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $125.64 | ↑ +101% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $131.99 | ↑ +112% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $131.99 | ↑ +112% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $131.99 | ↑ +112% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $131.99 | ↑ +112% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $131.99 | ↑ +112% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $131.99 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $133.12 | ↑ +113% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $134.63 | ↑ +116% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.67 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.59 | ↑ +122% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $138.71 | ↑ +122% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $138.71 | ↑ +122% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $150.77 | ↑ +142% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $155.10 | ↑ +149% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $158.08 | ↑ +153% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $207.22 | ↑ +232% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $210.71 | ↑ +238% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $212.16 | ↑ +240% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $218.17 | ↑ +250% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $252.04 | ↑ +304% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $262.08 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +353% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $290.29 | ↑ +365% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $290.82 | ↑ +366% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $291.20 | ↑ +367% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $294.34 | ↑ +372% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $301.50 | ↑ +383% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $335.12 | ↑ +437% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $374.40 | ↑ +500% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $393.16 | ↑ +530% |
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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $450.60 | $99.77 – $563.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $529.99 | $109.09 – $794.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $491.43 | $99.77 – $614.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $450.60 | $99.77 – $563.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $529.99 | $99.77 – $794.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $529.99 | $104.75 – $794.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $491.43 | $99.77 – $737.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $450.60 | $99.77 – $563.25 |