Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img 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

$589.50

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.

$3,930.00

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.

$707.40 with United vs $9,152.10 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 $707.40 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $903.90 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $982.50 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,151.54 ↑ +95%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,151.54 ↑ +95%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,151.54 ↑ +95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,151.54 ↑ +95%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $1,151.54 ↑ +95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,151.54 ↑ +95%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,151.54 ↑ +95%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,174.57 ↑ +99%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,186.09 ↑ +101%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,209.12 ↑ +105%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,807.92 ↑ +207%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,807.92 ↑ +207%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,052.16 ↑ +248%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,061.26 ↑ +250%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,672.40 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,751.00 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,751.00 ↑ +367%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,050.70 ↑ +418%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,050.70 ↑ +418%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3,142.22 ↑ +433%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $3,203.24 ↑ +443%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,233.74 ↑ +449%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,502.53 ↑ +494%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,502.53 ↑ +494%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,537.00 ↑ +500%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,569.24 ↑ +505%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,813.38 ↑ +547%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,087.20 ↑ +593%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,570.73 ↑ +675%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,664.01 ↑ +691%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,130.41 ↑ +770%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,253.80 ↑ +791%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $8,328.41 ↑ +1313%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8,720.00 ↑ +1379%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $9,152.10 ↑ +1453%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,675.21 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,675.21 $71.00 – $8,570.48
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,675.21 $85.00 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,675.21 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,597.45 $71.00 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $5,675.21 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48

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