Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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

$57.53

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.

$383.52

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.

$55.53 with BCBS-TX vs $547.20 with UNITED — 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 Premier $55.53 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $61.14 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $63.32 ↑ +10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $63.58 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $69.03 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $78.13 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $84.92 ↑ +48%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +74%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $230.97 ↑ +301%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $237.77 ↑ +313%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $237.77 ↑ +313%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $305.70 ↑ +431%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $305.70 ↑ +431%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $305.70 ↑ +431%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $305.70 ↑ +431%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $305.70 ↑ +431%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $305.70 ↑ +431%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $305.70 ↑ +431%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $305.70 ↑ +431%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $305.70 ↑ +431%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $311.81 ↑ +442%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $314.87 ↑ +447%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $320.98 ↑ +458%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $353.25 ↑ +514%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $479.94 ↑ +734%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $479.94 ↑ +734%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $547.20 ↑ +851%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $314.35 $99.91 – $99.91
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $118.65 $30.62 – $339.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $190.05 $9.18 – $104.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $57.53 $50.95 – $305.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $118.65 $37.89 – $339.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $118.65 $37.89 – $339.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $190.05 $39.60 – $213.64
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $118.65 $37.89 – $339.00

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