Calcium ionized 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

$41.31

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.

$275.40

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.

$11.49 with TCHP vs $247.86 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.

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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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $11.49 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.68 ↓ -67%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $13.68 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $14.09 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $14.36 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $14.36 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.36 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $14.50 ↓ -65%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.64 ↓ -65%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $17.10 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.74 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.74 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $18.74 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $18.74 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.74 ↓ -55%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $18.74 ↓ -55%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.74 ↓ -55%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.11 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.30 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $19.68 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.54 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $25.99 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $29.42 ↓ -29%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $29.42 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.54 ↓ -19%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $35.57 ↓ -14%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $37.35 ↓ -10%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $41.04 ↓ -1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $45.14 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $47.88 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Exchange $49.58 ↑ +20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $55.27 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $59.81 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $63.35 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $68.85 ↑ +67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $187.28 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $192.78 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $192.78 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $247.86 ↑ +500%

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