Evaluation heart device at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$877.91
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.
$5,852.70
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.
$100.00 with Cigna vs $9,428.70 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $401.04 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $457.26 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $459.13 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $498.48 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,053.49 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,346.13 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,463.18 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,979.84 | ↑ +353% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,096.89 | ↑ +367% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,096.89 | ↑ +367% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,267.43 | ↑ +500% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $5,267.43 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $6,086.81 | ↑ +593% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $9,428.70 | ↑ +974% |
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Evaluation heart device at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,469.10 | $575.32 – $4,914.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,221.39 | $565.95 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,368.17 | $473.63 – $2,960.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,469.10 | $438.52 – $4,914.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,221.39 | $691.51 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,221.39 | $1,664.38 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,368.17 | $565.95 – $3,552.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,469.10 | $575.32 – $4,914.56 |