Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$52.18

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$347.82

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.

$62.61 with United vs $361.74 with Entrust — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
United Commercial|Exchange $62.61 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $80.00 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $86.96 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +92%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $112.64 ↑ +116%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $112.64 ↑ +116%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $116.02 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $118.27 ↑ +127%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $119.40 ↑ +129%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $127.93 ↑ +145%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $127.93 ↑ +145%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $130.37 ↑ +150%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $140.80 ↑ +170%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $191.90 ↑ +268%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $233.32 ↑ +347%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $236.52 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $243.48 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $243.48 ↑ +367%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $266.03 ↑ +410%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $267.12 ↑ +412%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $290.02 ↑ +456%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $307.51 ↑ +489%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $313.04 ↑ +500%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $337.92 ↑ +548%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $361.74 ↑ +593%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $327.58 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $349.13 $98.92 – $436.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $312.44 $64.31 – $468.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $420.58 $84.12 – $525.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $349.13 $93.10 – $436.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $312.44 $100.29 – $468.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $312.44 $161.43 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $420.58 $126.97 – $630.87

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