X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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

$122.55

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.

$817.00

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.

$159.85 with Cigna vs $1,476.91 with UNITED — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $159.85 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Exchange $204.25 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $261.44 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|PPO $310.46 ↑ +153%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $416.67 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $514.71 ↑ +320%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $518.26 ↑ +323%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↑ +323%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↑ +323%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↑ +323%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $518.26 ↑ +323%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $523.44 ↑ +327%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $533.81 ↑ +336%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $554.54 ↑ +353%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $555.56 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $571.90 ↑ +367%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $633.94 ↑ +417%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $647.83 ↑ +429%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $652.96 ↑ +433%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $652.96 ↑ +433%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $662.29 ↑ +440%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $662.29 ↑ +440%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $662.29 ↑ +440%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $662.29 ↑ +440%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $662.29 ↑ +440%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $662.29 ↑ +440%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $675.54 ↑ +451%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $695.40 ↑ +467%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $735.30 ↑ +500%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $777.39 ↑ +534%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $778.34 ↑ +535%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $817.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $817.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $817.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $817.00 ↑ +567%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,026.98 ↑ +738%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,039.80 ↑ +748%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,264.80 ↑ +932%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,459.38 ↑ +1091%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,476.91 ↑ +1105%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.93 $64.00 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.93 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $735.32 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64

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