Drain cath image guided visceral pq 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

$738.30

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.

$4,922.00

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.

$832.86 with United vs $8,720.00 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 $832.86 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $905.92 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,064.21 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,156.75 ↑ +57%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,429.64 ↑ +94%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,429.64 ↑ +94%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,472.53 ↑ +99%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,501.12 ↑ +103%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,515.42 ↑ +105%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,608.05 ↑ +118%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,608.05 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,638.68 ↑ +122%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,787.05 ↑ +142%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,017.72 ↑ +173%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,058.90 ↑ +179%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,264.79 ↑ +207%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,412.08 ↑ +227%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,146.36 ↑ +326%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,238.90 ↑ +339%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,238.90 ↑ +339%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $3,902.92 ↑ +429%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $4,164.30 ↑ +464%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,164.30 ↑ +464%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,288.92 ↑ +481%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,812.08 ↑ +552%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,454.10 ↑ +910%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8,720.00 ↑ +1081%

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Drain cath image guided visceral pq at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,839.24 $804.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,620.54 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,550.61 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,839.24 $757.13 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,620.54 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,620.54 $1,353.94 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,550.61 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,839.24 $757.13 – $4,016.35

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