Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$786.00

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.

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.

$5,240.00

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.

$231.03 with BCBS-TX vs $5,449.60 with Entrust — 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
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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 $231.03 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $318.29 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $330.57 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $367.44 ↓ -53%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $476.61 ↓ -39%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $476.61 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $490.91 ↓ -38%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $500.44 ↓ -36%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $505.21 ↓ -36%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $534.22 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $534.22 ↓ -32%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $544.39 ↓ -31%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $595.76 ↓ -24%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $635.67 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $635.67 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $635.67 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $635.67 ↓ -19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $635.67 ↓ -19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $635.67 ↓ -19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $648.38 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $654.74 ↓ -17%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $667.45 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $801.33 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Exchange $943.20 ↑ +20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $998.00 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $998.00 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,137.85 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,205.20 ↑ +53%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,301.15 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,310.00 ↑ +67%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,429.83 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,777.20 ↑ +253%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,563.20 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,668.00 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,668.00 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,716.00 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,449.60 ↑ +593%

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