Venogram ext bil s&i 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

$411.00

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.

$2,740.00

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.

$149.74 with BCBS-TX vs $4,287.55 with UNITED — 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 $149.74 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $206.29 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $214.26 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $238.15 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $294.46 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Exchange $674.50 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $863.36 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|PPO $1,025.24 ↑ +149%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,375.98 ↑ +235%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +257%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +257%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +257%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +257%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,468.34 ↑ +257%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,483.02 ↑ +261%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,512.39 ↑ +268%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,571.12 ↑ +282%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,699.74 ↑ +314%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,834.64 ↑ +346%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,835.42 ↑ +347%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,874.69 ↑ +356%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,888.60 ↑ +360%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,922.67 ↑ +368%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,922.67 ↑ +368%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,922.67 ↑ +368%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $1,922.67 ↑ +368%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,922.67 ↑ +368%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,922.67 ↑ +368%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,930.93 ↑ +370%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,930.93 ↑ +370%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,961.12 ↑ +377%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2,018.80 ↑ +391%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,202.51 ↑ +436%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,259.55 ↑ +450%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,428.20 ↑ +491%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $3,018.59 ↑ +634%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,037.00 ↑ +639%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,671.77 ↑ +793%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,236.66 ↑ +931%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,287.55 ↑ +943%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,010.86 $133.65 – $3,967.42
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