Nerve conduction studies 13+ 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

$72.30

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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.

$482.00

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.

$86.76 with United vs $1,417.86 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 $86.76 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $110.86 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $120.50 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $246.01 ↑ +240%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $280.50 ↑ +288%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $281.65 ↑ +290%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $305.79 ↑ +323%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $327.76 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $337.40 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $337.40 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $433.80 ↑ +500%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $472.62 ↑ +554%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $472.62 ↑ +554%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $486.80 ↑ +573%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $496.25 ↑ +586%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $500.98 ↑ +593%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $501.28 ↑ +593%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $526.61 ↑ +628%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $526.61 ↑ +628%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $536.64 ↑ +642%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $590.77 ↑ +717%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $789.92 ↑ +993%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,290.25 ↑ +1685%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,417.86 ↑ +1861%

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Nerve conduction studies 13+ at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,909.96 $352.93 – $2,387.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,278.62 $263.18 – $1,917.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,185.62 $237.12 – $1,482.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,909.96 $269.01 – $2,387.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,278.62 $356.12 – $1,917.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,278.62 $660.62 – $1,917.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,185.62 $347.18 – $1,778.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,909.96 $352.93 – $2,387.45

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