Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical 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

$803.85

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.

$5,359.00

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.

$449.34 with BCBS-TX vs $5,178.16 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.

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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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $449.34 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $706.03 ↓ -12%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $706.03 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $727.21 ↓ -10%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $741.33 ↓ -8%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $748.39 ↓ -7%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $784.12 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $784.12 ↓ -2%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $799.05 ↓ -1%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $882.54 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Exchange $896.22 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,000.81 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,021.23 ↑ +27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,123.35 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,145.17 ↑ +42%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,176.18 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,244.75 ↑ +55%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,927.46 ↑ +140%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $2,118.09 ↑ +163%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,385.72 ↑ +321%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,485.30 ↑ +334%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,485.30 ↑ +334%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +351%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,481.10 ↑ +457%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,178.16 ↑ +544%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,629.67 $461.74 – $2,037.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,511.36 $71.00 – $5,132.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,185.83 $71.00 – $5,132.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,629.67 $434.58 – $2,037.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,511.36 $85.00 – $5,132.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,511.36 $780.87 – $2,267.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,185.83 $71.00 – $5,132.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,629.67 $434.58 – $2,037.08

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