Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$53.71

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.

$358.02

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.

$12.36 with TCHP vs $215.10 with Galaxy — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $12.36 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -73%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $15.15 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $15.45 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $15.45 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $15.45 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $15.59 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.74 ↓ -71%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $18.39 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.15 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.15 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $20.15 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $20.15 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $20.15 ↓ -62%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.15 ↓ -62%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.15 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.55 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $21.16 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $23.18 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $27.95 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $31.64 ↓ -41%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $31.64 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $36.07 ↓ -33%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $38.25 ↓ -29%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $40.16 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Exchange $43.02 ↓ -20%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $48.54 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $51.49 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $54.97 ↑ +2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $59.43 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $59.75 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $64.30 ↑ +20%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $162.52 ↑ +203%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $167.30 ↑ +211%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $167.30 ↑ +211%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $215.10 ↑ +300%

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