I&d upper arm/elbow deep abscess/hematoma 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

$481.35

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.

$3,209.00

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.

$577.62 with United vs $7,516.80 with Brookshire Brothers — 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 $577.62 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $738.07 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $802.25 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↑ +69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $815.20 ↑ +69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $815.20 ↑ +69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↑ +69%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↑ +69%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $815.20 ↑ +69%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $815.20 ↑ +69%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $831.50 ↑ +73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $839.66 ↑ +74%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $855.96 ↑ +78%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,279.86 ↑ +166%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,279.86 ↑ +166%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,459.21 ↑ +203%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,530.47 ↑ +218%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +319%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,182.12 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,246.30 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,246.30 ↑ +367%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $2,505.60 ↑ +421%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,505.60 ↑ +421%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $2,580.77 ↑ +436%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $2,630.88 ↑ +447%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,655.94 ↑ +452%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,840.53 ↑ +490%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,840.53 ↑ +490%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,888.10 ↑ +500%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,894.64 ↑ +501%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,132.00 ↑ +551%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,337.36 ↑ +593%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,408.77 ↑ +608%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,478.34 ↑ +623%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,826.17 ↑ +695%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,260.80 ↑ +785%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $6,840.29 ↑ +1321%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $7,516.80 ↑ +1462%

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I&d upper arm/elbow deep abscess/hematoma at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $6,101.64 $815.20 – $7,627.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,371.02 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,004.47 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $6,101.64 $815.20 – $7,627.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,371.02 $85.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,371.02 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,004.47 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $6,101.64 $815.20 – $7,627.05

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