CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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

$634.95

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$4,233.00

Gross charge

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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.

$178.31 with HUMANA vs $3,809.70 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $178.31 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $180.09 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $209.55 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $220.58 ↓ -65%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $220.58 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $220.58 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $220.58 ↓ -65%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $220.58 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $220.58 ↓ -65%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $222.89 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $224.99 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $227.23 ↓ -64%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $227.23 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $231.61 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $234.05 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $258.08 ↓ -59%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $258.08 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $265.86 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.47 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $274.95 ↓ -57%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $277.02 ↓ -56%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $450.16 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $504.45 ↓ -21%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $519.42 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $573.99 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $603.15 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $727.06 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Exchange $931.26 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,103.00 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,523.88 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,031.84 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,582.13 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,878.44 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,963.10 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,809.70 ↑ +500%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,714.15 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,543.83 $167.39 – $1,929.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,543.83 $236.02 – $2,315.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,988.25 $167.39 – $2,485.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,543.83 $167.39 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,543.83 $167.39 – $2,315.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,543.83 $175.06 – $2,315.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,988.25 $167.39 – $2,982.38

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