Ghs removal intranasal foreign body 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

$64.13

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.

$427.50

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.

$71.96 with BCBS-TX vs $688.71 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
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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 $71.96 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Exchange $76.95 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $98.33 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $106.88 ↑ +67%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $112.64 ↑ +76%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $112.64 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $116.02 ↑ +81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $118.27 ↑ +84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $119.40 ↑ +86%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $127.93 ↑ +99%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $127.93 ↑ +99%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $130.37 ↑ +103%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $140.80 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $160.27 ↑ +150%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $163.55 ↑ +155%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $179.90 ↑ +181%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $191.90 ↑ +199%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +351%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $290.70 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $299.25 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $299.25 ↑ +367%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $307.51 ↑ +380%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $337.92 ↑ +427%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $384.75 ↑ +500%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $384.75 ↑ +500%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $384.75 ↑ +500%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $384.75 ↑ +500%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $384.75 ↑ +500%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $384.75 ↑ +500%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $384.75 ↑ +500%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $384.75 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $384.75 ↑ +500%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $392.45 ↑ +512%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $396.30 ↑ +518%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $403.99 ↑ +530%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $444.60 ↑ +593%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $604.06 ↑ +842%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $604.06 ↑ +842%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $688.71 ↑ +974%

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