Sclerotherapy fluid collection pq w/img 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

$501.60

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.

$3,344.00

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.

$402.61 with BCBS-TX vs $7,808.00 with Cigna — 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 $402.61 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Exchange $601.92 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $769.12 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $836.00 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $896.71 ↑ +79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $915.02 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,006.52 ↑ +101%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,429.64 ↑ +185%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,429.64 ↑ +185%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,472.53 ↑ +194%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,501.12 ↑ +199%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,515.42 ↑ +202%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,608.05 ↑ +221%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,608.05 ↑ +221%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,638.68 ↑ +227%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $1,787.05 ↑ +256%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,273.92 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,340.80 ↑ +367%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,340.80 ↑ +367%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,412.08 ↑ +381%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,009.60 ↑ +500%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $3,009.60 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,477.76 ↑ +593%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $3,902.92 ↑ +678%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,288.92 ↑ +755%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,387.19 ↑ +974%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $7,808.00 ↑ +1457%

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