Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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

$42.14

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.

$280.91

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.

$4.55 with Cigna vs $292.15 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4.55 ↓ -89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6.29 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $6.50 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $6.62 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7.61 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Exchange $50.57 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $64.61 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $70.23 ↑ +67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $191.02 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $196.64 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $196.64 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $252.82 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $292.15 ↑ +593%

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Buprenorphine hydrochloride at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $129.12 $4.21 – $42.37
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $117.99 $4.21 – $42.37
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $39.58 $2.65 – $64.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $42.14 $4.55 – $252.82
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $39.58 $3.20 – $64.70
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $39.58 $3.20 – $64.70
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $161.92 $4.18 – $42.37
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $39.58 $3.20 – $64.70

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