Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 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

$678.75

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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.

$4,525.00

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.

$153.40 with BCBS-TX vs $4,706.00 with Entrust — 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

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 $153.40 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $194.07 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $194.07 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $194.07 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $194.07 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $194.07 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $194.07 ↓ -71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $194.07 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $197.95 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $199.89 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $203.77 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $304.69 ↓ -55%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $304.69 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $341.66 ↓ -50%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $347.39 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $348.63 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $383.49 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $620.40 ↓ -9%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $620.40 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $639.01 ↓ -6%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $651.42 ↓ -4%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $657.62 ↓ -3%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $698.30 ↑ +3%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $698.30 ↑ +3%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $711.60 ↑ +5%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $775.50 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Exchange $814.50 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,040.75 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,047.45 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,131.25 ↑ +67%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,693.69 ↑ +150%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,861.20 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +197%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,077.00 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,167.50 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,167.50 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,072.50 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,706.00 ↑ +593%

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,081.52 $194.07 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $859.75 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $908.69 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,081.52 $194.07 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $859.75 $85.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $859.75 $194.07 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $908.69 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,081.52 $194.07 – $1,742.94

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