Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$16.68
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.
$111.18
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.
$3.19 with TCHP vs $93.60 with Galaxy — 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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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.19 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3.80 | ↓ -77% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $3.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $3.91 | ↓ -77% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3.99 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $3.99 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3.99 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $4.03 | ↓ -76% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $4.07 | ↓ -76% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $4.75 | ↓ -72% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5.21 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5.21 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $5.21 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $5.21 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $5.21 | ↓ -69% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $5.21 | ↓ -69% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5.21 | ↓ -69% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $5.31 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $5.37 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.47 | ↓ -67% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $5.99 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $7.22 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $8.18 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $8.18 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9.33 | ↓ -44% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $9.88 | ↓ -41% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $10.37 | ↓ -38% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $11.40 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $12.54 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $13.30 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $15.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16.46 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $18.72 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.92 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $26.00 | ↑ +56% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $70.72 | ↑ +324% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $72.80 | ↑ +336% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $72.80 | ↑ +336% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $93.60 | ↑ +461% |
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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $165.01 | $3.42 – $14.63 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $56.14 | $3.19 – $70.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $42.02 | $5.57 – $63.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $41.02 | $3.19 – $51.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $56.14 | $3.19 – $70.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $42.02 | $3.41 – $63.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $42.02 | $3.19 – $63.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $41.02 | $3.19 – $61.52 |