X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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

$71.10

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$474.00

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.

$83.23 with BCBS vs $426.60 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $83.23 ↑ +17%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $83.23 ↑ +17%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $83.23 ↑ +17%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $83.23 ↑ +17%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $83.23 ↑ +17%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $84.06 ↑ +18%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $85.73 ↑ +21%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $89.06 ↑ +25%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $104.04 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $106.01 ↑ +49%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $109.09 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $109.09 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.09 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $109.09 ↑ +53%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $109.09 ↑ +53%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.09 ↑ +53%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $109.47 ↑ +54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $111.27 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $112.75 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.75 ↑ +59%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $114.54 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|Exchange $118.50 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $124.85 ↑ +76%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $128.21 ↑ +80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $150.04 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $151.68 ↑ +113%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $171.27 ↑ +141%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $177.34 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|PPO $180.12 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $206.71 ↑ +191%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $208.34 ↑ +193%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $214.69 ↑ +202%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $238.63 ↑ +236%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $240.39 ↑ +238%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $241.74 ↑ +240%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $243.27 ↑ +242%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $298.62 ↑ +320%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $322.32 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $331.80 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $426.60 ↑ +500%

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