Salivary gland imaging 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

$175.35

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.

$1,169.00

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.

$210.42 with United vs $1,215.76 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
United Commercial|Exchange $210.42 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $268.87 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $292.25 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $296.76 ↑ +69%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $363.69 ↑ +107%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $363.69 ↑ +107%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $374.60 ↑ +114%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $381.87 ↑ +118%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $385.51 ↑ +120%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $398.81 ↑ +127%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $398.81 ↑ +127%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $406.41 ↑ +132%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $408.83 ↑ +133%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $424.62 ↑ +142%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $454.61 ↑ +159%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $471.97 ↑ +169%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↑ +179%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $489.74 ↑ +179%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↑ +179%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↑ +179%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.74 ↑ +179%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $489.74 ↑ +179%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $499.53 ↑ +185%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $504.43 ↑ +188%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $514.23 ↑ +193%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $598.22 ↑ +241%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $619.57 ↑ +253%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $768.89 ↑ +338%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $768.89 ↑ +338%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $794.92 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $818.30 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $818.30 ↑ +367%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $876.63 ↑ +400%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $992.87 ↑ +466%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,052.10 ↑ +500%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,091.07 ↑ +522%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,215.76 ↑ +593%

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Salivary gland imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $641.66 $158.08 – $1,723.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $175.35 $292.25 – $1,052.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $175.35 $257.18 – $1,052.10
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $917.28 $157.85 – $1,496.70
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $917.28 $157.85 – $1,496.70
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $797.67 $157.85 – $1,496.70
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $1,551.03 $157.85 – $1,496.70
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $917.28 $157.85 – $1,496.70

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