Warde viscosity 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

$12.30

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.

$82.00

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.

$9.80 with UNITED vs $73.80 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
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.80 ↓ -20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $9.80 ↓ -20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.80 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.80 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $9.80 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.80 ↓ -20%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $9.80 ↓ -20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.00 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.09 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.09 ↓ -18%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $10.29 ↓ -16%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -5%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -5%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -5%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $11.67 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $11.79 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $12.02 ↓ -2%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.49 ↑ +2%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $14.59 ↑ +19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $15.39 ↑ +25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $15.88 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $17.51 ↑ +42%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $18.67 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|Exchange $20.50 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.85 ↑ +78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $22.17 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.24 ↑ +113%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $30.34 ↑ +147%
United Commercial|PPO $31.16 ↑ +153%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $35.01 ↑ +185%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $38.51 ↑ +213%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $40.85 ↑ +232%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $41.82 ↑ +240%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $47.15 ↑ +283%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $50.86 ↑ +313%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $51.66 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $55.76 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $57.40 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $73.80 ↑ +500%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $87.08 $8.00 – $130.63
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