Volume measurement urine timed at St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine
511 E. Hospital Street, San Augustine, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1578547345
$7.20
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.
$48.00
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.
$3.06 with TCHP vs $38.07 with Galaxy — 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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| TCHP | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.06 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3.64 | ↓ -49% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $3.64 | ↓ -49% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $3.75 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3.82 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $3.82 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3.82 | ↓ -47% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $3.86 | ↓ -46% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3.89 | ↓ -46% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $4.55 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.99 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.99 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $4.99 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $4.99 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $4.99 | ↓ -31% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.99 | ↓ -31% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4.99 | ↓ -31% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $5.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $5.14 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.24 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $5.73 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $6.92 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $7.62 | ↑ +6% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $7.83 | ↑ +9% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $7.83 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $8.93 | ↑ +24% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $9.46 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.73 | ↑ +35% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $9.94 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $10.58 | ↑ +47% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $10.92 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $12.01 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $12.74 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $14.71 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16.46 | ↑ +129% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $28.77 | ↑ +300% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $29.61 | ↑ +311% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $29.61 | ↑ +311% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $38.07 | ↑ +429% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Volume measurement urine timed at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $23.33 | $3.06 – $29.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $21.00 | $4.32 – $31.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $25.87 | $3.06 – $32.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $23.33 | $3.06 – $29.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $21.00 | $3.27 – $31.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $21.00 | $3.06 – $31.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $25.87 | $3.06 – $38.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $23.33 | $3.06 – $29.16 |