Tilt table study at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$1,094.10
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.
$7,294.00
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.
$100.00 with Cigna vs $11,750.64 with UNITED — 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 | $100.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $141.90 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $161.80 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $162.46 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $176.38 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $472.62 | ↓ -57% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $472.62 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $486.80 | ↓ -56% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $496.25 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $500.98 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $526.61 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $526.61 | ↓ -52% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $536.64 | ↓ -51% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $590.77 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $789.92 | ↓ -28% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $1,290.25 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,312.92 | ↑ +20% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,417.86 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,677.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,823.50 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,959.92 | ↑ +353% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $5,105.80 | ↑ +367% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,105.80 | ↑ +367% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,564.60 | ↑ +500% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $6,564.60 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $7,585.76 | ↑ +593% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $11,750.64 | ↑ +974% |
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Tilt table study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,325.16 | $203.57 – $2,906.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,325.10 | $200.26 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,062.26 | $200.26 – $2,577.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,325.16 | $155.17 – $2,906.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,325.10 | $244.68 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,325.10 | $1,201.30 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,062.26 | $200.26 – $3,093.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,325.16 | $203.57 – $2,906.45 |