Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$43.65

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.

$291.00

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.

$8.28 with United vs $77.78 with Cigna — 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 $8.28 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.58 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $11.50 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $14.98 ↓ -66%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $18.72 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $18.72 ↓ -57%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $18.72 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $18.90 ↓ -57%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.08 ↓ -56%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $22.29 ↓ -49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.43 ↓ -44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.43 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.43 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.43 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $24.43 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $24.43 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $24.43 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.92 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.16 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $25.65 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $28.08 ↓ -36%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $31.28 ↓ -28%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $32.20 ↓ -26%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $32.20 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $33.88 ↓ -22%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $38.36 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $38.36 ↓ -12%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $41.40 ↓ -5%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $43.73 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $46.00 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $46.00 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $46.00 ↑ +5%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $46.36 ↑ +6%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $48.68 ↑ +12%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $53.49 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $77.78 ↑ +78%

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