Ghs layer closure 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12053 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

$279.30

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.

$1,862.00

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.

$106.56 with BCBS-TX vs $1,936.48 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
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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 $106.56 ↓ -62%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -49%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $143.08 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $143.08 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.08 ↓ -49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $143.08 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -49%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $145.94 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $147.37 ↓ -47%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $150.23 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $224.64 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $224.64 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $237.33 ↓ -15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $242.18 ↓ -13%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $256.11 ↓ -8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $266.39 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $335.16 ↑ +20%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $351.61 ↑ +26%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $351.61 ↑ +26%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $362.16 ↑ +30%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $369.19 ↑ +32%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $372.71 ↑ +33%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $396.52 ↑ +42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $396.52 ↑ +42%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $404.07 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $428.26 ↑ +53%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $439.51 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $465.50 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $594.78 ↑ +113%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $959.90 ↑ +244%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,054.83 ↑ +278%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,266.16 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,303.40 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,303.40 ↑ +367%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $1,675.80 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,675.80 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,936.48 ↑ +593%

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