Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$86.17
Cash price 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.
$574.42
Gross charge 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.
$80.42 with Cigna vs $516.98 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $80.42 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $103.40 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.12 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $143.61 | ↑ +67% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $229.77 | ↑ +167% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $229.77 | ↑ +167% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $390.61 | ↑ +353% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $402.10 | ↑ +367% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $402.10 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $516.98 | ↑ +500% |
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Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $149.74 | $2.09 – $5.03 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $159.25 | $2.09 – $5.03 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $264.73 | $2.01 – $5.03 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $275.27 | $2.09 – $5.03 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $86.17 | $80.42 – $516.98 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $86.17 | $80.42 – $516.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $157.77 | $2.09 – $5.03 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $9.12 – $9.12 |