Tc-99m bicisate 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

$436.80

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.

$2,912.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $3,028.48 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $524.16 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $669.76 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $678.66 ↑ +55%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $678.66 ↑ +55%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $691.58 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $728.00 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $793.08 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $819.03 ↑ +88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $833.85 ↑ +91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $959.85 ↑ +120%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,017.99 ↑ +133%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,980.16 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,038.40 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,038.40 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,620.80 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,028.48 ↑ +593%

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Tc-99m bicisate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,372.43 $726.38 – $9,049.95
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,969.45 $100.00 – $5,627.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $374.68 $272.77 – $1,926.90
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $436.80 $100.00 – $2,620.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,969.45 $100.00 – $5,627.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,969.45 $100.00 – $5,627.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $374.68 $428.20 – $1,819.85
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,969.45 $100.00 – $5,627.00

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