Chlamydia culture 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

$29.70

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.

$198.00

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.

$16.46 with TCHP vs $178.20 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 $16.46 ↓ -45%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -34%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $20.19 ↓ -32%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $20.58 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $20.58 ↓ -31%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $20.58 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $20.78 ↓ -30%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20.97 ↓ -29%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $24.50 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.85 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.85 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $26.85 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $26.85 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $26.85 ↓ -10%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $26.85 ↓ -10%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.85 ↓ -10%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.39 ↓ -8%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.66 ↓ -7%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $28.19 ↓ -5%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $30.87 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Exchange $35.64 ↑ +20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $37.24 ↑ +25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $42.15 ↑ +42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $42.15 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $45.54 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $48.06 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $49.50 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $50.96 ↑ +72%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $53.51 ↑ +80%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $58.80 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $64.68 ↑ +118%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $68.60 ↑ +131%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $79.18 ↑ +167%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $85.26 ↑ +187%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $134.64 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $138.60 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $138.60 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $178.20 ↑ +500%

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