Conversion ext bil drg cath 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

$2,089.05

Cash price

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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.

$13,927.00

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.

$1,151.54 with SUPERIOR vs $14,484.08 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.

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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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,151.54 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,151.54 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,151.54 ↓ -45%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,151.54 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,151.54 ↓ -45%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,151.54 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,151.54 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,174.57 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,186.09 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,209.12 ↓ -42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,807.92 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,807.92 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,052.16 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,061.26 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,506.86 ↑ +20%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,050.70 ↑ +46%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,050.70 ↑ +46%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3,142.22 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,203.21 ↑ +53%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $3,203.24 ↑ +53%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,233.74 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,481.75 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,502.53 ↑ +68%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,502.53 ↑ +68%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,569.24 ↑ +71%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,813.38 ↑ +83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,570.73 ↑ +119%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,664.01 ↑ +123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,130.41 ↑ +146%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,253.80 ↑ +151%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $8,328.41 ↑ +299%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8,720.00 ↑ +317%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $9,152.10 ↑ +338%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $9,470.36 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,748.90 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9,748.90 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $12,534.30 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $14,484.08 ↑ +593%

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Conversion ext bil drg cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,896.87 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,099.56 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,281.71 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,896.87 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,099.56 $85.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,099.56 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,281.71 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,896.87 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48

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