Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$40,636.74

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.

$270,911.55

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.

$0.95 with BCBS-TX vs $5.67 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $0.95 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1.33 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1.39 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Exchange $1.39 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1.52 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.27 ↓ -100%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2.84 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3.85 ↓ -100%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $4.04 ↓ -100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -100%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4.41 ↓ -100%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $5.67 ↓ -100%

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,946.82 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $543.90 $100.00 – $648.12
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3,011.58 $189.58 – $1,339.20
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $3,011.58 $337.20 – $1,264.80
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $743.40 $134.03 – $725.96
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $3,011.58 $337.20 – $1,651.68
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $2,946.82 $294.92 – $294.92
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $3,011.58 $327.36 – $1,339.20

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