Mitomycin instillation 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

$76,730.55

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$511,536.96

Gross charge

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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.

$283.81 with HUMANA vs $460,383.27 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

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

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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $283.81 ↓ -100%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $283.81 ↓ -100%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $292.32 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $298.00 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $300.84 ↓ -100%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $310.64 ↓ -100%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $310.64 ↓ -100%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $316.56 ↓ -100%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $354.76 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $433.35 ↓ -99%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $472.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $672.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $694.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $706.77 ↓ -99%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $759.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $813.57 ↓ -99%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $835.02 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $92,076.66 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $117,653.51 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $127,884.24 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $204,614.79 ↑ +167%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $347,845.14 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $358,075.88 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $358,075.88 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $460,383.27 ↑ +500%

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Mitomycin instillation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $76,730.55 $330.48 – $460,383.27
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $15,382.21 $442.57 – $28,566.97
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $76,730.55 $433.35 – $460,383.27
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $7,695.36 $296.17 – $1,316.16
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $7,695.36 $296.17 – $1,316.16
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $7,695.36 $296.17 – $296.17
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $7,695.36 $296.17 – $296.17
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $7,695.36 $296.17 – $1,316.16

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