Drng of hydrocele 55000 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

$232.65

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.

$1,551.00

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.

$42.40 with BCBS-TX vs $1,861.20 with Brookshire Brothers — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $42.40 ↓ -82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.26 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.26 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $54.26 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $54.26 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.26 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $54.26 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $54.26 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $55.35 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $55.89 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $56.97 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $85.19 ↓ -63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $85.19 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $94.43 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $96.36 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $97.13 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $106.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Exchange $279.18 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $356.73 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $387.75 ↑ +67%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $620.40 ↑ +167%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $620.40 ↑ +167%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $639.01 ↑ +175%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $651.42 ↑ +180%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $657.62 ↑ +183%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $698.30 ↑ +200%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $698.30 ↑ +200%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $711.60 ↑ +206%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $775.50 ↑ +233%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,047.45 ↑ +350%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,054.68 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,085.70 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,085.70 ↑ +367%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $1,395.90 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,395.90 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,613.04 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,693.69 ↑ +628%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,861.20 ↑ +700%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $732.01 $54.26 – $1,742.94
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $762.52 $54.26 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $784.40 $54.26 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $732.01 $54.26 – $1,742.94

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