Cardiac shunt imaging 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

$316.20

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.

$2,108.00

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.

$285.93 with BCBS-TX vs $2,192.32 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $285.93 ↓ -10%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $363.69 ↑ +15%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $363.69 ↑ +15%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $374.60 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Exchange $379.44 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $381.87 ↑ +21%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $385.51 ↑ +22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $393.91 ↑ +25%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $398.81 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $398.81 ↑ +26%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $406.41 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $409.12 ↑ +29%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $454.61 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $454.75 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $484.84 ↑ +53%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $489.74 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↑ +55%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $489.74 ↑ +55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↑ +55%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↑ +55%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.74 ↑ +55%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $499.53 ↑ +58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $504.43 ↑ +60%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $514.23 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $527.00 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $598.22 ↑ +89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $768.89 ↑ +143%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $768.89 ↑ +143%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $876.63 ↑ +177%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $992.87 ↑ +214%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,091.07 ↑ +245%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,117.24 ↑ +253%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,433.44 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,475.60 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,475.60 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,897.20 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,192.32 ↑ +593%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,351.68 $171.08 – $2,027.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,284.09 $171.08 – $1,926.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,354.80 $171.08 – $1,693.50

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