Renal cyst study s&i 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

$173.25

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.

$1,155.00

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.

$196.10 with Cigna vs $1,459.38 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $196.10 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Exchange $207.90 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $265.65 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $288.75 ↑ +67%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $486.46 ↑ +181%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $486.46 ↑ +181%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $501.05 ↑ +189%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $510.78 ↑ +195%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $515.65 ↑ +198%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $544.17 ↑ +214%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $544.17 ↑ +214%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $554.54 ↑ +220%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $608.07 ↑ +251%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $633.94 ↑ +266%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $662.29 ↑ +282%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $662.29 ↑ +282%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $662.29 ↑ +282%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $662.29 ↑ +282%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $662.29 ↑ +282%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $675.54 ↑ +290%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $682.16 ↑ +294%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $695.40 ↑ +301%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $785.40 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $808.50 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $808.50 ↑ +367%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $816.26 ↑ +371%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $905.37 ↑ +423%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,039.50 ↑ +500%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,039.80 ↑ +500%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,039.80 ↑ +500%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,155.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,155.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,155.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,185.50 ↑ +584%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,201.20 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,328.04 ↑ +667%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,459.38 ↑ +742%

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