Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine

511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,798.85

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.

$18,659.00

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.

$2,398.52 with SUPERIOR vs $34,816.05 with Brookshire Brothers — 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,398.52 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,398.52 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,398.52 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $2,398.52 ↓ -14%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $2,398.52 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,398.52 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,398.52 ↓ -14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,446.49 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,470.48 ↓ -12%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $2,518.45 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,326.00 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,358.62 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,765.68 ↑ +35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $3,765.68 ↑ +35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,948.09 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,291.57 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,293.35 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,664.75 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $8,793.47 ↑ +214%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8,972.93 ↑ +221%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9,870.22 ↑ +253%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $11,605.35 ↑ +315%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $11,605.35 ↑ +315%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $11,953.51 ↑ +327%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $12,185.62 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $12,301.67 ↑ +340%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $12,688.12 ↑ +353%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12,770.08 ↑ +356%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12,770.08 ↑ +356%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13,013.32 ↑ +365%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13,061.30 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $13,061.30 ↑ +367%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $14,506.69 ↑ +418%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $16,793.10 ↑ +500%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19,155.12 ↑ +584%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $19,405.36 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $31,682.61 ↑ +1032%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $34,816.05 ↑ +1144%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $9,350.33 $2,398.52 – $37,869.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $11,254.17 $71.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $9,437.59 $71.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $9,350.33 $2,398.52 – $37,869.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $11,254.17 $85.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $11,254.17 $2,398.52 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $9,437.59 $71.00 – $32,603.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $9,350.33 $2,398.52 – $37,869.50

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