X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
1201 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1396746129
$258.45
Cash price 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.
$1,723.00
Gross charge 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 $1,550.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $168.27 | ↓ -35% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $168.27 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $168.27 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $168.27 | ↓ -35% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $168.27 | ↓ -35% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $169.95 | ↓ -34% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $173.32 | ↓ -33% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $180.05 | ↓ -30% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $210.34 | ↓ -19% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $220.58 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $220.58 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $220.58 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $220.58 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $220.58 | ↓ -15% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $220.58 | ↓ -15% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $224.99 | ↓ -13% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $227.23 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $231.61 | ↓ -10% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $234.05 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $234.05 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $252.41 | ↓ -2% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $259.22 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $342.57 | ↑ +33% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $346.31 | ↑ +34% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $368.11 | ↑ +42% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $421.23 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $430.63 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $469.43 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $471.95 | ↑ +83% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $486.03 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $490.17 | ↑ +90% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $491.89 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $544.84 | ↑ +111% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $551.20 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $654.55 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $878.48 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,085.18 | ↑ +320% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,171.30 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,205.75 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $1,550.25 | ↑ +500% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $505.08 | $124.96 – $631.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $472.24 | $97.20 – $708.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $633.71 | $124.96 – $792.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $505.08 | $124.96 – $631.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $472.24 | $133.71 – $708.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $472.24 | $124.96 – $708.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $633.71 | $124.96 – $950.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $505.08 | $124.96 – $631.35 |