Removal of artery clot 34101 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

$1,769.10

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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.

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$11,794.00

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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.

$2,122.92 with United vs $19,000.14 with UNITED — 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

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 $2,122.92 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,712.62 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,948.50 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,033.49 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +105%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $4,845.74 ↑ +174%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $4,845.74 ↑ +174%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $4,991.11 ↑ +182%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $5,088.03 ↑ +188%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5,136.48 ↑ +190%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,365.06 ↑ +203%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5,365.06 ↑ +203%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5,467.25 ↑ +209%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $6,057.17 ↑ +242%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6,756.40 ↑ +282%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $6,894.29 ↑ +290%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7,583.71 ↑ +329%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,019.92 ↑ +353%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8,047.59 ↑ +355%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8,255.80 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $8,255.80 ↑ +367%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $10,614.60 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $10,614.60 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $12,265.76 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $13,228.87 ↑ +648%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $14,537.22 ↑ +722%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $19,000.14 ↑ +974%

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Removal of artery clot 34101 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $6,723.23 $1,904.91 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,723.23 $71.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,590.12 $71.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $6,723.23 $1,792.86 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $6,723.23 $85.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $6,723.23 $3,473.67 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $6,590.12 $71.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $6,723.23 $1,792.86 – $13,613.39

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