Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag 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

$1,011.00

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.

$6,740.00

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.

$511.75 with UNITED vs $6,066.00 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.

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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
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $511.75 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $511.75 ↓ -49%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $511.75 ↓ -49%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $511.75 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $527.10 ↓ -48%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $598.75 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $619.22 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $905.92 ↓ -10%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,136.09 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,482.80 ↑ +47%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +61%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +61%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +61%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +61%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,639.09 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↑ +65%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,017.72 ↑ +100%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $2,028.57 ↑ +101%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,058.90 ↑ +104%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,264.79 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,426.40 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +141%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,444.46 ↑ +142%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,235.20 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +258%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,972.25 ↑ +293%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,111.40 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,583.20 ↑ +353%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $4,583.37 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,718.00 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $6,066.00 ↑ +500%

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Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,231.90 $486.45 – $4,039.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,231.90 $71.00 – $4,847.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,231.90 $71.00 – $4,039.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,231.90 $486.45 – $4,039.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,231.90 $85.00 – $4,847.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,231.90 $486.45 – $4,847.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,231.90 $71.00 – $4,847.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,231.90 $486.45 – $4,039.88

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