Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 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

$156.90

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.

$1,046.00

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.

$188.28 with United vs $2,957.00 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 $188.28 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $216.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $216.80 ↑ +38%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $216.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $216.80 ↑ +38%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $216.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $216.80 ↑ +38%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $216.80 ↑ +38%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $221.14 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $223.30 ↑ +42%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $227.64 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $240.58 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $261.50 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $328.03 ↑ +109%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $340.38 ↑ +117%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $340.38 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $388.07 ↑ +147%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $553.81 ↑ +253%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $553.81 ↑ +253%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $570.42 ↑ +264%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $581.50 ↑ +271%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $587.04 ↑ +274%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $607.53 ↑ +287%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $607.53 ↑ +287%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $619.10 ↑ +295%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $692.26 ↑ +341%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $711.28 ↑ +353%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $730.62 ↑ +366%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $732.20 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $732.20 ↑ +367%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $745.53 ↑ +375%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $820.08 ↑ +423%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $911.30 ↑ +481%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $941.40 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $941.40 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,087.84 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,511.90 ↑ +864%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,661.43 ↑ +959%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,957.00 ↑ +1785%

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