Thyroid uptake measurement at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$106.35
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.
$709.00
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.
$127.62 with United vs $1,091.07 with Brookshire Brothers — 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $127.62 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $140.25 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $163.07 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $177.25 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $193.21 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $200.67 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $223.05 | ↑ +110% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $363.69 | ↑ +242% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $363.69 | ↑ +242% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $374.60 | ↑ +252% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $375.77 | ↑ +253% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $381.87 | ↑ +259% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $385.51 | ↑ +262% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $398.81 | ↑ +275% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $398.81 | ↑ +275% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $406.41 | ↑ +282% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $454.61 | ↑ +327% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $482.12 | ↑ +353% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +360% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $495.14 | ↑ +366% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $495.14 | ↑ +366% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $495.14 | ↑ +366% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $495.14 | ↑ +366% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $495.14 | ↑ +366% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $496.30 | ↑ +367% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $496.30 | ↑ +367% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $505.04 | ↑ +375% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $509.99 | ↑ +380% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $519.90 | ↑ +389% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $598.22 | ↑ +463% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $638.10 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $737.36 | ↑ +593% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $777.37 | ↑ +631% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $777.37 | ↑ +631% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $886.30 | ↑ +733% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $992.87 | ↑ +834% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,091.07 | ↑ +926% |
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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $526.55 | $108.38 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $589.22 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $526.55 | $86.88 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $526.55 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $589.22 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $680.77 | $81.20 – $1,021.72 |