Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$1,054.20
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,028.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$659.94 with SUPERIOR vs $7,308.92 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.
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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $659.94 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $659.94 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $659.94 | ↓ -37% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $659.94 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $659.94 | ↓ -37% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $659.94 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $659.94 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $673.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $679.74 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $692.94 | ↓ -34% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,036.11 | ↓ -2% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,036.11 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,134.77 | ↑ +8% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,181.29 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,265.01 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,616.40 | ↑ +53% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,702.54 | ↑ +62% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,702.54 | ↑ +62% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $1,753.62 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,756.95 | ↑ +67% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,787.67 | ↑ +70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,804.69 | ↑ +71% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,938.09 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,938.09 | ↑ +84% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,975.01 | ↑ +87% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $2,128.18 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2,527.44 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,579.03 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,836.93 | ↑ +169% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.14 | ↑ +176% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $4,647.93 | ↑ +341% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,751.00 | ↑ +351% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,778.91 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,919.46 | ↑ +367% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,919.46 | ↑ +367% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,107.62 | ↑ +385% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $6,325.02 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $7,308.92 | ↑ +593% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,101.88 | $659.94 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,989.87 | $71.00 – $5,645.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,812.90 | $71.00 – $5,645.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,101.88 | $659.94 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,989.87 | $85.00 – $5,645.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,989.87 | $659.94 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,812.90 | $71.00 – $5,645.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,101.88 | $659.94 – $4,783.04 |