Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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

$92.55

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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.

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$617.00

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.

$111.06 with United vs $993.99 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

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 $111.06 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $141.91 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $153.81 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $154.25 ↑ +67%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $216.07 ↑ +133%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $216.07 ↑ +133%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $222.55 ↑ +140%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $226.87 ↑ +145%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $229.03 ↑ +147%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $239.90 ↑ +159%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $239.90 ↑ +159%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $244.47 ↑ +164%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $270.09 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +212%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $342.57 ↑ +270%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $349.56 ↑ +278%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $359.85 ↑ +289%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $384.52 ↑ +315%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $419.56 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $431.90 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $431.90 ↑ +367%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $555.30 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $555.30 ↑ +500%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $589.87 ↑ +537%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $641.68 ↑ +593%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $648.21 ↑ +600%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $993.99 ↑ +974%

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Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,253.36 $291.30 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $627.02 $111.00 – $783.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $696.17 $71.00 – $1,044.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $478.87 $71.00 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $627.02 $167.21 – $783.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $696.17 $85.00 – $1,044.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $696.17 $359.69 – $1,044.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $478.87 $71.00 – $718.30

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