Chromosome study additional 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

$57.45

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.

$383.00

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.

$28.92 with TCHP vs $344.70 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 $28.92 ↓ -50%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -40%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $35.46 ↓ -38%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $36.15 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $36.15 ↓ -37%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $36.15 ↓ -37%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $36.50 ↓ -36%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -36%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $43.04 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.17 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.17 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $47.17 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $47.17 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $47.17 ↓ -18%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $47.17 ↓ -18%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.17 ↓ -18%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $48.11 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $48.59 ↓ -15%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $49.53 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $54.23 ↓ -6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $65.42 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Exchange $68.94 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $74.06 ↑ +29%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $74.06 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $84.43 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $88.09 ↑ +53%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $89.52 ↑ +56%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $93.99 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $95.75 ↑ +67%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $103.29 ↑ +80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $113.62 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $120.51 ↑ +110%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $139.10 ↑ +142%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $148.05 ↑ +158%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $260.44 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $268.10 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $268.10 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $344.70 ↑ +500%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $297.75 $28.92 – $122.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $297.75 $28.92 – $246.44

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