Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection 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

$374.55

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.

$2,497.00

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.

$72.65 with BCBS-TX vs $4,288.92 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $72.65 ↓ -81%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.81 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.81 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $90.81 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $90.81 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $90.81 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.81 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.81 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $92.63 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $93.53 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $95.35 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $142.57 ↓ -62%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $142.57 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $161.80 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $162.55 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $165.11 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $181.62 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $449.46 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $574.31 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $624.25 ↑ +67%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,429.64 ↑ +282%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,429.64 ↑ +282%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,472.53 ↑ +293%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,501.12 ↑ +301%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,515.42 ↑ +305%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,608.05 ↑ +329%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,608.05 ↑ +329%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,638.68 ↑ +338%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,697.96 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,747.90 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,747.90 ↑ +367%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,787.05 ↑ +377%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,247.30 ↑ +500%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $2,247.30 ↑ +500%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,412.08 ↑ +544%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,596.88 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $3,902.92 ↑ +942%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,288.92 ↑ +1045%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $7,821.42 $137.59 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,051.89 $90.81 – $4,016.35
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,051.89 $90.81 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,434.12 $85.00 – $5,151.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,434.12 $90.81 – $5,151.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,096.10 $71.00 – $6,144.16

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