Chest X-ray (single view) at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$152.55
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.
$1,017.00
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.
$76.10 with Cigna vs $1,057.53 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $76.10 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $80.13 | ↓ -47% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $80.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $82.53 | ↓ -46% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $84.14 | ↓ -45% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $84.94 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $87.39 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $87.39 | ↓ -43% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $89.06 | ↓ -42% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $100.16 | ↓ -34% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $109.09 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $109.09 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $109.09 | ↓ -28% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $109.09 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $109.09 | ↓ -28% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $109.47 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $111.27 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $112.36 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $114.54 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $131.09 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $150.04 | ↓ -2% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $171.27 | ↑ +12% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $171.27 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $183.04 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $195.27 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $206.71 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $214.69 | ↑ +41% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $218.75 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $233.88 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $238.63 | ↑ +56% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $240.39 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $254.22 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $691.46 | ↑ +353% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $711.80 | ↑ +367% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $711.80 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $915.17 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,057.53 | ↑ +593% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $687.73 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $327.08 | $67.32 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $349.81 | $25.73 – $437.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $327.08 | $27.53 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $327.08 | $25.73 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $349.81 | $25.73 – $524.72 |