CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast 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

$270.19

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.

$1,801.25

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.

$31.50 with United vs $1,103.00 with Cigna — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $31.50 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.25 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $43.75 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $96.94 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $96.94 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $99.85 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $101.79 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $102.76 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $105.54 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $105.54 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $107.55 ↓ -60%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $119.00 ↓ -56%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $121.17 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $122.50 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $122.50 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $131.99 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $131.99 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $134.63 ↓ -50%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $134.67 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $135.95 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $138.59 ↓ -49%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $157.50 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $158.31 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $175.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $175.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $175.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $175.00 ↓ -35%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $182.00 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $207.22 ↓ -23%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $207.22 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $236.26 ↓ -13%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $264.65 ↓ -2%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $290.82 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,103.00 ↑ +308%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,731.74 $398.21 – $398.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.33 $49.47 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $240.33 $104.75 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00

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