Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$947.07

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.

$6,313.80

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.

$782.47 with HUMANA vs $10,171.54 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
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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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $782.47 ↓ -17%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $782.47 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $805.94 ↓ -15%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $821.59 ↓ -13%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $829.42 ↓ -12%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $836.27 ↓ -12%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $836.27 ↓ -12%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $852.20 ↓ -10%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $978.09 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,136.49 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,254.41 ↑ +32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,426.65 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,452.18 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,578.45 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,626.65 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,633.32 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,773.32 ↑ +87%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,136.14 ↑ +126%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $2,347.41 ↑ +148%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,293.39 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,419.66 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,419.66 ↑ +367%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,804.00 ↑ +407%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,682.42 ↑ +500%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,796.07 ↑ +512%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,852.90 ↑ +518%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $5,966.55 ↑ +530%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $6,566.36 ↑ +593%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $8,921.40 ↑ +842%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $8,921.40 ↑ +842%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,171.54 ↑ +974%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $7,379.79 $2,566.64 – $2,566.64
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,595.72 $719.14 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,540.23 $677.39 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,062.22 $788.30 – $4,593.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,062.22 $1,582.15 – $4,593.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,595.72 $788.30 – $5,393.58

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