Catheter declot mechanical 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

$281.25

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.

$1,875.00

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.

$337.50 with United vs $4,236.66 with Brookshire Brothers — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $337.50 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $431.25 ↑ +53%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $446.27 ↑ +59%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $446.27 ↑ +59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $446.27 ↑ +59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $446.27 ↑ +59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $446.27 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $446.27 ↑ +59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.27 ↑ +59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $455.20 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $459.66 ↑ +63%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $468.58 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $468.75 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $700.64 ↑ +149%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $700.64 ↑ +149%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $798.82 ↑ +184%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,076.55 ↑ +283%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,275.00 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,312.50 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,312.50 ↑ +367%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,412.22 ↑ +402%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,412.22 ↑ +402%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,454.59 ↑ +417%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,482.83 ↑ +427%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,496.95 ↑ +432%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,541.76 ↑ +448%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,541.76 ↑ +448%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,571.12 ↑ +459%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,687.50 ↑ +500%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,765.28 ↑ +528%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,950.00 ↑ +593%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +617%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,312.64 ↑ +722%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,397.76 ↑ +753%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,446.70 ↑ +770%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,691.36 ↑ +857%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $3,855.36 ↑ +1271%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,236.66 ↑ +1406%

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Catheter declot mechanical at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,405.26 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,318.70 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,503.98 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,405.26 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,318.70 $85.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,318.70 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,503.98 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,405.26 $446.27 – $3,967.42

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