H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$60.44

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.

$402.90

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.

$56.58 with TCHP vs $362.61 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 $56.58 ↓ -6%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $67.36 ↑ +11%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $67.36 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $69.38 ↑ +15%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $70.73 ↑ +17%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $70.73 ↑ +17%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $70.73 ↑ +17%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $71.40 ↑ +18%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $72.08 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Exchange $72.53 ↑ +20%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $84.20 ↑ +39%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.28 ↑ +53%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $92.28 ↑ +53%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.28 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.28 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $92.28 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $92.28 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $92.28 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $92.67 ↑ +53%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $94.13 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $95.05 ↑ +57%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $96.89 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $100.73 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $106.10 ↑ +76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $127.98 ↑ +112%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $144.88 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $144.88 ↑ +140%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $165.18 ↑ +173%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $175.14 ↑ +190%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $183.89 ↑ +204%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $202.08 ↑ +234%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $222.29 ↑ +268%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $235.76 ↑ +290%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $272.13 ↑ +350%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $273.98 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $282.03 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $282.03 ↑ +367%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $291.65 ↑ +383%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $362.61 ↑ +500%

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