Assay of sialic acid at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$24.90
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.
$166.00
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.
$11.29 with CHC vs $149.40 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 | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.29 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $11.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.63 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.85 | ↓ -52% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $13.21 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $13.21 | ↓ -47% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $13.21 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -46% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -46% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -46% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -46% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $13.57 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $13.66 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↓ -44% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -42% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $16.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $20.16 | ↓ -19% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $21.50 | ↓ -14% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.06 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $25.54 | ↑ +3% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $34.94 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $36.52 | ↑ +47% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $40.32 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $44.35 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $47.04 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $54.30 | ↑ +118% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $58.34 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.76 | ↑ +140% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $79.68 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $101.26 | ↑ +307% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $112.88 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $116.20 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $149.40 | ↑ +500% |
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Assay of sialic acid at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $113.47 | $12.00 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $102.00 | $11.29 – $127.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $113.47 | $12.00 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $113.47 | $8.00 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $102.00 | $11.29 – $153.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $113.47 | $11.29 – $141.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $113.47 | $11.29 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $102.00 | $11.29 – $153.00 |