Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$27.24
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.
$181.55
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.
$8.36 with Cigna vs $160.41 with Entrust — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $8.36 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $11.83 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $12.22 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $12.44 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $14.32 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $27.77 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.48 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $38.56 | ↑ +42% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $104.89 | ↑ +285% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $107.97 | ↑ +296% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $107.97 | ↑ +296% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $138.82 | ↑ +410% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $160.41 | ↑ +489% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $122.37 | $21.29 – $21.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $28.35 | $6.85 – $67.50 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $75.12 | $4.98 – $189.48 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $5.69 | $1.15 – $8.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $27.24 | $8.36 – $138.82 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $75.12 | $6.03 – $189.48 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $75.12 | $6.03 – $189.48 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $5.69 | $4.95 – $8.36 |