MRA chest wo IV cont at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$633.75
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.
$4,225.00
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.
$216.07 with HUMANA vs $4,394.00 with Entrust — 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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| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $216.07 | ↓ -66% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $216.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $222.55 | ↓ -65% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.87 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $229.03 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $239.90 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $239.90 | ↓ -62% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $244.47 | ↓ -61% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $270.09 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $359.85 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $438.12 | ↓ -31% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $589.87 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $603.57 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $626.88 | ↓ -1% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $648.21 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $696.79 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $760.50 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $971.75 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,056.25 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,654.00 | ↑ +161% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,873.00 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,957.50 | ↑ +367% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,957.50 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $3,802.50 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $4,394.00 | ↑ +593% |
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MRA chest wo IV cont at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,486.34 | $410.15 – $437.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $6,654.79 | $410.15 – $437.25 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,654.38 | $328.59 – $3,545.10 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,205.05 | $279.65 – $3,443.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $633.75 | $400.00 – $3,802.50 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,205.05 | $328.59 – $3,443.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,205.05 | $328.59 – $3,443.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $10,824.01 | $410.15 – $437.25 |