Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$362.40
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.
$2,416.00
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.
$434.88 with United vs $2,512.64 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.
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 | $434.88 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $476.61 | ↑ +32% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $476.61 | ↑ +32% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $490.91 | ↑ +35% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $500.44 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $505.21 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $516.96 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $534.22 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $534.22 | ↑ +47% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $544.39 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $555.68 | ↑ +53% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $595.76 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $604.00 | ↑ +67% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $635.67 | ↑ +75% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $635.67 | ↑ +75% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $635.67 | ↑ +75% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $635.67 | ↑ +75% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $635.67 | ↑ +75% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $635.67 | ↑ +75% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $648.38 | ↑ +79% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $654.74 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $667.45 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $712.20 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $739.70 | ↑ +104% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $801.33 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $822.19 | ↑ +127% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $998.00 | ↑ +175% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $998.00 | ↑ +175% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,137.85 | ↑ +214% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,280.48 | ↑ +253% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $1,301.15 | ↑ +259% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,429.83 | ↑ +295% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,642.88 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,691.20 | ↑ +367% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,691.20 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $2,174.40 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $2,512.64 | ↑ +593% |
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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,610.93 | $269.31 – $2,013.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,425.08 | $293.33 – $2,137.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,425.08 | $269.31 – $1,781.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,610.93 | $269.31 – $2,013.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,425.08 | $288.16 – $2,137.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,425.08 | $269.31 – $2,137.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,425.08 | $269.31 – $2,137.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,610.93 | $269.31 – $2,013.66 |