Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$133.50
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.
$890.00
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.
$20.49 with BCBS-TX vs $2,016.00 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.
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-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $20.49 | ↓ -85% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $27.96 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $27.96 | ↓ -79% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.96 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $27.96 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $27.96 | ↓ -79% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $27.96 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $27.96 | ↓ -79% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $28.52 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $28.80 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $29.36 | ↓ -78% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $43.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $43.90 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $45.63 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $46.56 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $50.05 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $51.22 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $160.20 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $204.70 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $222.50 | ↑ +67% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $261.17 | ↑ +96% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $261.17 | ↑ +96% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $269.01 | ↑ +102% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $274.23 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $276.84 | ↑ +107% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $292.97 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $292.97 | ↑ +119% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $298.55 | ↑ +124% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $326.46 | ↑ +145% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $439.46 | ↑ +229% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $605.20 | ↑ +353% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $623.00 | ↑ +367% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $623.00 | ↑ +367% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $712.99 | ↑ +434% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $783.51 | ↑ +487% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $801.00 | ↑ +500% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $801.00 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $925.60 | ↑ +593% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +1410% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $658.01 | $38.80 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $715.37 | $27.96 – $894.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $592.44 | $29.92 – $888.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,080.06 | $27.96 – $1,350.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $715.37 | $27.96 – $894.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $592.44 | $29.92 – $888.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $592.44 | $27.96 – $888.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,080.06 | $27.96 – $1,620.09 |