Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$145.65

Cash price

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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.

$971.00

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.

$84.65 with BCBS-TX vs $1,009.84 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.

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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 $84.65 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $107.71 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $114.13 ↓ -22%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $119.65 ↓ -18%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $119.65 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $123.24 ↓ -15%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $125.63 ↓ -14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $126.83 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $131.06 ↓ -10%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $131.78 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $131.78 ↓ -10%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $134.28 ↓ -8%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $149.56 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $174.78 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $197.67 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $223.33 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $242.75 ↑ +67%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $326.64 ↑ +124%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $358.95 ↑ +146%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $514.63 ↑ +253%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $660.28 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $679.70 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $679.70 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $873.90 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,009.84 ↑ +593%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $262.55 $45.54 – $336.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $685.07 $113.84 – $1,027.60
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $685.07 $128.27 – $1,027.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $685.07 $336.13 – $1,027.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $685.07 $113.84 – $1,027.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $262.55 $45.54 – $336.13

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