Revision tips 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

$1,857.15

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.

$12,381.00

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.

$2,228.58 with United vs $19,945.80 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
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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 $2,228.58 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,847.63 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,095.25 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,269.58 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,326.00 ↑ +79%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $5,040.02 ↑ +171%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5,040.02 ↑ +171%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $5,191.22 ↑ +180%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $5,292.02 ↑ +185%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $5,342.42 ↑ +188%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,658.65 ↑ +205%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5,658.65 ↑ +205%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5,766.43 ↑ +210%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $6,300.03 ↑ +239%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $7,282.25 ↑ +292%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7,430.87 ↑ +300%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $8,173.95 ↑ +340%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,419.08 ↑ +353%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8,487.98 ↑ +357%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8,666.70 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $8,666.70 ↑ +367%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $11,142.90 ↑ +500%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $11,142.90 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $12,876.24 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $13,759.25 ↑ +641%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $15,120.06 ↑ +714%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $19,945.80 ↑ +974%

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