Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$105.45
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.
$703.00
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.
$16.43 with BCBS-TX vs $2,016.00 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $16.43 | ↓ -84% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $23.88 | ↓ -77% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $24.36 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.60 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.07 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $27.94 | ↓ -74% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $27.94 | ↓ -74% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $27.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $28.89 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $36.60 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $37.35 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $41.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $53.01 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $154.66 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $253.08 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↑ +180% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $295.67 | ↑ +180% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↑ +180% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↑ +180% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↑ +180% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $298.63 | ↑ +183% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $304.54 | ↑ +189% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $316.37 | ↑ +200% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $337.44 | ↑ +220% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $369.59 | ↑ +250% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $428.83 | ↑ +307% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $443.51 | ↑ +321% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $446.56 | ↑ +323% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $478.04 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $492.10 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $632.70 | ↑ +500% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $725.66 | ↑ +588% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $837.30 | ↑ +694% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +1812% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $471.34 | $24.29 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $599.59 | $22.70 – $749.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $471.34 | $24.29 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $471.34 | $22.70 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $599.59 | $22.70 – $899.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |