Cystine urine quantitative 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

$46.65

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.

$311.00

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.

$19.30 with CHC vs $148.50 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $19.30 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $19.30 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.30 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $19.30 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $19.30 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.30 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -59%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.69 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.88 ↓ -57%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $20.27 ↓ -57%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $22.58 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $22.58 ↓ -52%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $22.58 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -51%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -51%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -51%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $22.98 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $23.21 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $23.35 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $23.67 ↓ -49%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -47%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $28.73 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $34.47 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Exchange $36.30 ↓ -22%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $36.77 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.85 ↓ -8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $43.66 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $59.40 ↑ +27%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $59.75 ↑ +28%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $68.94 ↑ +48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $75.83 ↑ +63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $79.20 ↑ +70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $80.43 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $92.84 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $98.70 ↑ +112%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $100.65 ↑ +116%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $112.20 ↑ +141%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $115.50 ↑ +148%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $148.50 ↑ +218%

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