Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$291.60

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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.

$1,944.00

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.

$35.49 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 $35.49 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $44.85 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $44.85 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $44.85 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $44.85 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $44.85 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.85 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $44.85 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $44.85 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.85 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $45.75 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $46.20 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $47.09 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $52.47 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $52.47 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $52.47 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $54.27 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $79.04 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $80.66 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $88.72 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $99.57 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $427.68 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $699.84 ↑ +140%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +142%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $704.73 ↑ +142%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +142%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +142%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +142%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $711.78 ↑ +144%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $725.87 ↑ +149%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +159%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $880.91 ↑ +202%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $933.12 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +263%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,060.80 ↑ +264%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,185.84 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,321.92 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,360.80 ↑ +367%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,723.80 ↑ +491%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,749.60 ↑ +500%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,989.00 ↑ +582%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +591%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,284.31 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,201.83 $45.61 – $1,802.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,366.97 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,284.31 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,201.83 $45.61 – $1,802.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,201.83 $42.63 – $1,802.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,366.97 $42.63 – $2,050.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,284.31 $42.63 – $1,742.94

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