Assay of osteocalcin at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$28.65
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.
$191.00
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.
$25.07 with CHC vs $171.90 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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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.07 | ↓ -12% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.57 | ↓ -11% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.82 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.32 | ↓ -8% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $29.33 | ↑ +2% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $29.33 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $29.33 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $29.85 | ↑ +4% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $29.85 | ↑ +4% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $29.85 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $29.85 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $29.85 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $30.15 | ↑ +5% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $30.33 | ↑ +6% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $30.75 | ↑ +7% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $31.94 | ↑ +11% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $37.31 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $42.02 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $44.78 | ↑ +56% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $47.76 | ↑ +67% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $55.66 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $56.72 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $68.76 | ↑ +140% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $77.61 | ↑ +171% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $89.55 | ↑ +213% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $91.68 | ↑ +220% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $98.51 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $104.48 | ↑ +265% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $116.51 | ↑ +307% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $120.59 | ↑ +321% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $128.60 | ↑ +349% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $129.88 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $133.70 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $171.90 | ↑ +500% |
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Assay of osteocalcin at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $147.42 | $10.00 – $184.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $149.56 | $12.00 – $224.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $140.84 | $12.00 – $176.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $147.42 | $10.00 – $184.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $149.56 | $12.00 – $224.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $149.56 | $8.00 – $224.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $140.84 | $12.00 – $211.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $147.42 | $10.00 – $184.28 |