Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$257.25

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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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$1,715.00

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.

$308.70 with United vs $7,516.80 with Brookshire Brothers — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
United Commercial|Exchange $308.70 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $394.45 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $428.75 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↑ +217%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $815.20 ↑ +217%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $815.20 ↑ +217%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $815.20 ↑ +217%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $815.20 ↑ +217%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↑ +217%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↑ +217%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $831.50 ↑ +223%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $839.66 ↑ +226%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $855.96 ↑ +233%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,166.20 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,200.50 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,200.50 ↑ +367%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,279.86 ↑ +398%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,279.86 ↑ +398%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,459.21 ↑ +467%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,530.47 ↑ +495%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,543.50 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,783.60 ↑ +593%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +684%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $2,505.60 ↑ +874%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,505.60 ↑ +874%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $2,580.77 ↑ +903%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $2,630.88 ↑ +923%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,655.94 ↑ +932%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,840.53 ↑ +1004%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,840.53 ↑ +1004%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,894.64 ↑ +1025%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,132.00 ↑ +1117%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,408.77 ↑ +1225%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,478.34 ↑ +1252%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,826.17 ↑ +1387%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,260.80 ↑ +1556%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $6,840.29 ↑ +2559%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $7,516.80 ↑ +2822%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,615.15 $815.20 – $7,039.11
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,048.27 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,201.83 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,615.15 $815.20 – $7,039.11

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