Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$47.66
Cash price 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.
$317.73
Gross charge 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.
$2.06 with Cigna vs $285.96 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2.06 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $16.22 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $16.75 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $17.06 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $19.63 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $69.91 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.39 | ↑ +140% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $142.98 | ↑ +200% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $152.52 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $193.82 | ↑ +307% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $203.35 | ↑ +327% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $216.06 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $222.42 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $285.96 | ↑ +500% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $39.88 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $51.89 | $7.09 – $30.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.09 | $2.57 – $17.33 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $47.66 | $2.06 – $285.96 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $22.03 | $0.41 – $1.86 |