Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$1,228.80

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.

$8,192.00

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.

$1,474.56 with United vs $13,197.32 with UNITED — 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

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 $1,474.56 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,884.16 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,048.00 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,052.16 ↑ +67%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,050.70 ↑ +148%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,050.70 ↑ +148%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3,142.22 ↑ +156%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $3,203.24 ↑ +161%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,233.74 ↑ +163%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,502.53 ↑ +185%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,502.53 ↑ +185%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,569.24 ↑ +190%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,813.38 ↑ +210%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,570.73 ↑ +272%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,664.01 ↑ +280%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,130.41 ↑ +318%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,253.80 ↑ +328%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,570.56 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5,734.40 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,734.40 ↑ +367%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $7,372.80 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $7,372.80 ↑ +500%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $8,328.41 ↑ +578%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $8,519.68 ↑ +593%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8,720.00 ↑ +610%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $9,152.10 ↑ +645%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13,197.32 ↑ +974%

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,072.78 $1,153.95 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,747.56 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,888.76 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,072.78 $1,086.08 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,747.56 $85.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,747.56 $1,936.24 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,888.76 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,072.78 $1,086.08 – $8,570.48

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