Beta-2 microglobulin at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston

1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$58.80

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.

$392.00

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.

$13.59 with CHC vs $70.31 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.

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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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $13.59 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.59 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $13.59 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.59 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.59 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $13.59 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.59 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.59 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.59 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.59 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.86 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.27 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $15.62 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $15.90 ↓ -73%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $15.90 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $15.90 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -72%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $16.18 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $16.34 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.44 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $16.67 ↓ -72%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.31 ↓ -71%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $20.23 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $24.27 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $25.56 ↓ -57%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $25.89 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $30.17 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $30.74 ↓ -48%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $34.08 ↓ -42%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $42.07 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $43.31 ↓ -26%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $48.28 ↓ -18%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $48.54 ↓ -17%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $49.70 ↓ -15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $53.39 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $56.63 ↓ -4%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $63.90 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $65.37 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $70.31 ↑ +20%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $111.14 $8.00 – $38.83
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