Nerve conduction 7-8 studies 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

$51.45

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$343.00

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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.

$61.74 with United vs $830.31 with Brookshire Brothers — same scan, same building. Share

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $61.74 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $78.89 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $85.75 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $188.19 ↑ +266%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $214.57 ↑ +317%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $215.45 ↑ +319%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $233.24 ↑ +353%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $233.92 ↑ +355%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $240.10 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $240.10 ↑ +367%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $276.77 ↑ +438%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $276.77 ↑ +438%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $285.07 ↑ +454%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $290.61 ↑ +465%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $293.38 ↑ +470%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $308.70 ↑ +500%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $309.06 ↑ +501%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $309.06 ↑ +501%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $314.94 ↑ +512%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $345.96 ↑ +572%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $356.72 ↑ +593%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $463.59 ↑ +801%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $755.58 ↑ +1369%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $830.31 ↑ +1514%

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Nerve conduction 7-8 studies at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $418.67 $118.62 – $805.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $691.55 $142.34 – $1,037.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $756.32 $151.26 – $945.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $418.67 $111.65 – $805.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $691.55 $221.99 – $1,037.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $691.55 $357.30 – $1,037.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $756.32 $252.11 – $1,134.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $418.67 $111.65 – $805.95

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