Electrolyte panel at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$113.85
Cash price 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.
$759.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.01 with HUMANA vs $683.10 with Galaxy — 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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| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.01 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $7.22 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $7.36 | ↓ -94% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7.36 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $7.36 | ↓ -94% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $7.43 | ↓ -93% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $7.50 | ↓ -93% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.08 | ↓ -93% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $8.76 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $9.60 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $9.60 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $9.60 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $9.60 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $9.60 | ↓ -92% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9.60 | ↓ -92% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $9.60 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9.79 | ↓ -91% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9.89 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $11.04 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $13.32 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $15.07 | ↓ -87% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $15.07 | ↓ -87% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $17.18 | ↓ -85% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $18.23 | ↓ -84% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $19.14 | ↓ -83% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $21.03 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $23.13 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $24.54 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $28.32 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $29.90 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $136.62 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $174.57 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $189.75 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $516.12 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $531.30 | ↑ +367% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $531.30 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $683.10 | ↑ +500% |
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Electrolyte panel at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $218.99 | $6.31 – $26.99 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $131.96 | $5.89 – $164.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $124.07 | $10.27 – $186.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $104.73 | $5.89 – $130.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $131.96 | $5.89 – $164.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $124.07 | $6.30 – $186.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $124.07 | $5.89 – $186.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $104.73 | $5.89 – $157.09 |