Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$63.75

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.

$425.00

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.

$31.31 with TCHP vs $382.50 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 $31.31 ↓ -51%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -42%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $38.39 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $39.13 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $39.13 ↓ -39%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $39.13 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $39.51 ↓ -38%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $39.88 ↓ -37%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $46.59 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $51.06 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $51.06 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $51.06 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $51.06 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $51.06 ↓ -20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $51.06 ↓ -20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $51.06 ↓ -20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $52.08 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $52.59 ↓ -18%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $53.61 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $58.70 ↓ -8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $70.81 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Exchange $76.50 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $80.16 ↑ +26%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $80.16 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $91.40 ↑ +43%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $96.90 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $97.75 ↑ +53%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $101.75 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $106.25 ↑ +67%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $111.81 ↑ +75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $122.99 ↑ +93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $130.45 ↑ +105%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $150.57 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $161.53 ↑ +153%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $297.50 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $297.50 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $382.50 ↑ +500%

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