Upgrade pm system 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

$1,932.66

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.

$12,884.40

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.

$2,319.20 with United vs $28,247.94 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.

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $2,319.20 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,963.42 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,221.10 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,326.00 ↑ +72%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $6,346.73 ↑ +228%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,346.73 ↑ +228%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $6,346.73 ↑ +228%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,346.73 ↑ +228%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,346.73 ↑ +228%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $6,346.73 ↑ +228%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,346.73 ↑ +228%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,473.66 ↑ +235%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,537.13 ↑ +238%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $6,664.07 ↑ +245%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $6,766.28 ↑ +250%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,761.40 ↑ +353%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9,019.08 ↑ +367%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,019.08 ↑ +367%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $9,415.98 ↑ +387%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $9,415.98 ↑ +387%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $9,698.46 ↑ +402%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $9,886.78 ↑ +412%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $9,964.37 ↑ +416%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9,964.37 ↑ +416%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $9,980.94 ↑ +416%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $10,386.64 ↑ +437%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10,386.64 ↑ +437%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10,584.48 ↑ +448%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $11,360.65 ↑ +488%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $11,595.96 ↑ +500%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $11,769.97 ↑ +509%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $13,399.78 ↑ +593%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $15,070.35 ↑ +680%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $15,377.91 ↑ +696%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15,579.96 ↑ +706%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $16,915.70 ↑ +775%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $25,705.63 ↑ +1230%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $28,247.94 ↑ +1362%

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