Breast punct aspir cyst, bil 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

$215.85

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.

$1,439.00

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.

$51.45 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.

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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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $51.45 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $62.33 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.33 ↓ -71%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $62.33 ↓ -71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.33 ↓ -71%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.33 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $62.33 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $62.33 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.33 ↓ -71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $62.33 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $63.58 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $64.20 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $65.45 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $72.93 ↓ -66%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $72.93 ↓ -66%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $72.93 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $75.42 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $114.59 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $116.93 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $128.62 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $138.37 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Exchange $316.58 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $518.04 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $690.72 ↑ +220%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $704.73 ↑ +226%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +226%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +226%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +226%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +226%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $711.78 ↑ +230%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $725.87 ↑ +236%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $877.79 ↑ +307%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $880.91 ↑ +308%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $978.52 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,007.30 ↑ +367%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +390%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,060.80 ↑ +391%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,295.10 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,723.80 ↑ +699%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,989.00 ↑ +821%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +834%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $973.24 $63.40 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $973.24 $59.25 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $971.78 $59.25 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,188.00 $59.25 – $1,742.94

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