X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$317.25

Cash price

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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.

$2,115.00

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.

$168.27 with BCBS vs $1,903.50 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $168.27 ↓ -47%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $168.27 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $168.27 ↓ -47%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $168.27 ↓ -47%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $168.27 ↓ -47%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $169.95 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $173.32 ↓ -45%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $180.05 ↓ -43%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $210.34 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $220.58 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $220.58 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $220.58 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $220.58 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $220.58 ↓ -30%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $220.58 ↓ -30%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $224.99 ↓ -29%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $227.23 ↓ -28%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $231.61 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $234.05 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $234.05 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $252.41 ↓ -20%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $342.57 ↑ +8%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $346.31 ↑ +9%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $368.11 ↑ +16%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $421.23 ↑ +33%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $471.95 ↑ +49%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $486.03 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $488.88 ↑ +54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $490.17 ↑ +55%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $491.89 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Exchange $528.75 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $544.84 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $676.80 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $803.70 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,078.65 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,332.45 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,438.20 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,480.50 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,903.50 ↑ +500%

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