Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm 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

$22.92

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.

$152.80

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.

$21.40 with Cigna vs $137.52 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $21.40 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Exchange $27.51 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.15 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $38.20 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $61.12 ↑ +167%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $61.12 ↑ +167%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $73.15 ↑ +219%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $75.54 ↑ +230%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $76.91 ↑ +236%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $88.53 ↑ +286%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $103.91 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $106.96 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $106.96 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $137.52 ↑ +500%

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Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $319.00 $30.36 – $299.99
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,202.29 $106.06 – $136.47
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,575.81 $37.26 – $129.15
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $642.00 $30.36 – $299.99
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,317.31 $13.32 – $68.11
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $3,202.29 $106.06 – $148.72
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,527.00 $30.36 – $299.99
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $3,202.29 $121.26 – $131.89

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