Chromogenic substrate assay at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$43.20
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.
$288.00
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.
$9.99 with TCHP vs $259.20 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.
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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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.99 | ↓ -77% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.89 | ↓ -72% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.89 | ↓ -72% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $12.25 | ↓ -72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $12.48 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $12.48 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $12.48 | ↓ -71% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $12.60 | ↓ -71% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $12.72 | ↓ -71% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $14.86 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $16.29 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $16.29 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $16.29 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $16.29 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $16.29 | ↓ -62% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $16.29 | ↓ -62% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $16.29 | ↓ -62% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $16.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $16.78 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.10 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $18.72 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $22.59 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $25.58 | ↓ -41% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $25.58 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $29.16 | ↓ -33% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $30.91 | ↓ -28% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $32.46 | ↓ -25% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $35.67 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $39.24 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $41.62 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $48.04 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $50.86 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $51.84 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $66.24 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $72.00 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $195.84 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $201.60 | ↑ +367% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $201.60 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $259.20 | ↑ +500% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chromogenic substrate assay at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $714.03 | $9.99 – $174.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $532.80 | $12.00 – $227.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $532.80 | $9.99 – $189.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $714.03 | $9.99 – $174.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $532.80 | $10.69 – $227.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $532.80 | $8.00 – $227.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $532.80 | $9.99 – $227.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $714.03 | $9.99 – $174.38 |