External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$64.65

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.

$431.00

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.

$77.58 with United vs $625.17 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 $77.58 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $99.13 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $107.75 ↑ +67%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $121.47 ↑ +88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +124%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +124%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $148.95 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $151.84 ↑ +135%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $151.84 ↑ +135%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $151.84 ↑ +135%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $153.29 ↑ +137%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $154.73 ↑ +139%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $180.76 ↑ +180%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $198.11 ↑ +206%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $198.11 ↑ +206%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $198.11 ↑ +206%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $198.11 ↑ +206%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $198.11 ↑ +206%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $198.11 ↑ +206%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $198.11 ↑ +206%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $202.07 ↑ +213%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $204.05 ↑ +216%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $208.02 ↑ +222%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $227.76 ↑ +252%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $274.76 ↑ +325%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $293.08 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $301.70 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $301.70 ↑ +367%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $311.03 ↑ +381%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $311.03 ↑ +381%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $354.62 ↑ +449%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $375.99 ↑ +482%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $387.90 ↑ +500%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $394.79 ↑ +511%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $431.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $431.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $431.00 ↑ +567%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $433.83 ↑ +571%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $625.17 ↑ +867%

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