Tissue culture placenta 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

$141.15

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$941.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$126.25 with TCHP vs $846.90 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $126.25 ↓ -11%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $150.30 ↑ +6%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $150.30 ↑ +6%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $154.81 ↑ +10%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $157.82 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $157.82 ↑ +12%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $157.82 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $159.32 ↑ +13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $160.82 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Exchange $169.38 ↑ +20%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $187.88 ↑ +33%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $205.91 ↑ +46%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $205.91 ↑ +46%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $205.91 ↑ +46%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $205.91 ↑ +46%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $205.91 ↑ +46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $205.91 ↑ +46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $205.91 ↑ +46%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $210.03 ↑ +49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $212.09 ↑ +50%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $216.21 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $216.43 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $235.25 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $236.73 ↑ +68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $285.57 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $323.28 ↑ +129%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $323.28 ↑ +129%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $368.58 ↑ +161%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $390.78 ↑ +177%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $410.32 ↑ +191%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $450.90 ↑ +219%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $495.99 ↑ +251%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $526.05 ↑ +273%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $607.21 ↑ +330%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $639.88 ↑ +353%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $649.11 ↑ +360%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $658.70 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $658.70 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $846.90 ↑ +500%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tissue culture placenta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $585.14 $35.00 – $731.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $520.91 $36.00 – $781.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $532.36 $36.00 – $665.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $585.14 $35.00 – $731.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $520.91 $36.00 – $781.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $520.91 $26.00 – $781.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $532.36 $36.00 – $798.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $585.14 $35.00 – $731.43

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →