Vital capacity test at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$37.35
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.
$249.00
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.
$62.25 with United vs $413.22 with Brookshire Brothers — 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|Exchange | $62.25 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.68 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $94.62 | ↑ +153% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $126.99 | ↑ +240% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $147.89 | ↑ +296% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $147.89 | ↑ +296% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $147.89 | ↑ +296% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $147.89 | ↑ +296% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $147.89 | ↑ +296% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $149.37 | ↑ +300% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $152.33 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $156.87 | ↑ +320% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $158.24 | ↑ +324% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $169.32 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $174.30 | ↑ +367% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $184.86 | ↑ +395% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $220.38 | ↑ +490% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $221.84 | ↑ +494% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $224.10 | ↑ +500% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $249.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $249.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $249.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $249.00 | ↑ +567% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $358.12 | ↑ +859% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $413.22 | ↑ +1006% |
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Vital capacity test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $200.99 | $56.95 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $197.26 | $40.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $207.11 | $41.42 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $200.99 | $53.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $197.26 | $63.32 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $197.26 | $101.92 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $207.11 | $69.04 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $200.99 | $53.60 – $386.96 |