Acute hepatitis panel 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

$191.85

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.

$1,279.00

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.

$8.08 with TCHP vs $206.39 with Cigna — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $8.08 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Exchange $16.56 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.16 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -75%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $49.06 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $50.01 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $50.01 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $50.01 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $50.49 ↓ -74%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $50.96 ↓ -73%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $59.54 ↓ -69%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $62.56 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $64.40 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $64.40 ↓ -66%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $65.25 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $65.25 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $65.25 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $65.25 ↓ -66%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $65.25 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $65.25 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $65.25 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $66.56 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $67.21 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $68.51 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $75.02 ↓ -61%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $82.80 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $90.50 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $92.00 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $92.00 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $92.00 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $102.44 ↓ -47%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $102.44 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $116.80 ↓ -39%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $123.84 ↓ -35%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $130.03 ↓ -32%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $142.89 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $206.39 ↑ +8%

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