Special teletx port plan 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

$272.07

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.

$1,813.75

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.

$129.60 with BCBS-TX vs $1,886.30 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $129.60 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $164.91 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $174.74 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $200.66 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $325.82 ↑ +20%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $325.82 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Exchange $326.48 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $335.59 ↑ +23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $342.11 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $345.37 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $363.32 ↑ +34%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $363.32 ↑ +34%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $370.24 ↑ +36%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $407.27 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $417.17 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $453.44 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $544.98 ↑ +100%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $889.49 ↑ +227%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $961.29 ↑ +253%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $977.46 ↑ +259%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,233.35 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,269.63 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,269.63 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,632.38 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,886.30 ↑ +593%

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Special teletx port plan at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $530.47 $69.72 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,346.27 $174.29 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,056.31 $174.29 – $1,320.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $530.47 $42.90 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,346.27 $212.28 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,346.27 $695.57 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,056.31 $174.29 – $1,584.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $530.47 $69.72 – $915.33

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