Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$100.20

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.

$668.00

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.

$10.60 with United vs $80.77 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.

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $10.60 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.57 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.69 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $15.69 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $15.69 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $15.69 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $15.69 ↓ -84%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $15.69 ↓ -84%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.69 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.00 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|PPO $16.12 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.16 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $16.47 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $18.68 ↓ -81%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $18.87 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $19.24 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.99 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $21.63 ↓ -78%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $23.35 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $24.63 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $25.42 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $26.72 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $28.02 ↓ -72%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $28.84 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $29.68 ↓ -70%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $29.89 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $34.99 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $35.49 ↓ -65%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $38.16 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $42.40 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $42.40 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $42.40 ↓ -58%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $48.57 ↓ -52%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $56.04 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $80.77 ↓ -19%

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