Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$47.66
Cash price 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.
$317.73
Gross charge 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.
$0.72 with Cigna vs $35.06 with Galaxy — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.72 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $7.02 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $7.96 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $8.22 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $8.37 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.96 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $9.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $9.74 | ↓ -80% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $15.58 | ↓ -67% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $15.58 | ↓ -67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $26.49 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $27.27 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $27.27 | ↓ -43% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $35.06 | ↓ -26% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $30.00 | $0.77 – $21.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $30.00 | $0.77 – $22.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $30.00 | $0.77 – $19.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $30.00 | $0.77 – $21.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $30.00 | $0.77 – $22.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $30.00 | $0.77 – $22.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $30.00 | $0.77 – $22.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $30.00 | $0.77 – $21.68 |