Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$255.75

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.

$1,705.00

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.

$242.93 with BCBS-TX vs $4,804.00 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 Premier $242.93 ↓ -5%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $255.75 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $255.75 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $276.99 ↑ +8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $278.12 ↑ +9%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $299.23 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $301.96 ↑ +18%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $306.90 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $306.90 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $306.90 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $306.90 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $306.90 ↑ +20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $306.90 ↑ +20%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $306.90 ↑ +20%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $306.90 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $313.04 ↑ +22%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $322.25 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $359.08 ↑ +40%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $359.08 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|Exchange $375.10 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $613.80 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $818.40 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,040.05 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,159.40 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,193.50 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,534.50 ↑ +500%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,804.00 ↑ +1778%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,597.43 $437.05 – $437.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $845.09 $239.44 – $3,000.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $686.86 $141.38 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,013.20 $202.64 – $7,280.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $845.09 $225.36 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $686.86 $220.48 – $10,880.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $686.86 $354.88 – $1,030.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,013.20 $337.73 – $7,280.00

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