Pretreat rbc absorption reference at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$20.74
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.
$138.24
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.
$21.66 with United vs $161.82 with Brookshire Brothers — 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $21.66 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.68 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $30.08 | ↑ +45% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $53.94 | ↑ +160% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $53.94 | ↑ +160% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $55.56 | ↑ +168% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $56.64 | ↑ +173% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $57.18 | ↑ +176% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $58.96 | ↑ +184% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $58.96 | ↑ +184% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $60.08 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $63.52 | ↑ +206% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $67.42 | ↑ +225% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $81.82 | ↑ +295% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $84.23 | ↑ +306% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $84.23 | ↑ +306% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $88.44 | ↑ +326% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $108.29 | ↑ +422% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $110.32 | ↑ +432% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $117.01 | ↑ +464% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $120.32 | ↑ +480% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $125.14 | ↑ +503% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $147.26 | ↑ +610% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $152.54 | ↑ +635% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $161.82 | ↑ +680% |
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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $255.19 | $10.00 – $287.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $216.00 | $12.00 – $249.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $216.00 | $12.00 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $255.19 | $10.00 – $287.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $216.00 | $12.00 – $249.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $216.00 | $8.00 – $249.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $216.00 | $12.00 – $166.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $255.19 | $10.00 – $287.88 |