Drain shoulder lesion 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

$481.35

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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.

$3,209.00

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.

$705.98 with United vs $8,032.86 with Brookshire Brothers — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $705.98 ↑ +47%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $857.59 ↑ +78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $857.59 ↑ +78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $857.59 ↑ +78%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $857.59 ↑ +78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $857.59 ↑ +78%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $857.59 ↑ +78%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $857.59 ↑ +78%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $857.59 ↑ +78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $857.59 ↑ +78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $874.74 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $883.32 ↑ +84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $900.47 ↑ +87%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,003.38 ↑ +108%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,003.38 ↑ +108%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,003.38 ↑ +108%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,037.68 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,155.24 ↑ +140%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,530.47 ↑ +218%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,540.32 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,903.85 ↑ +296%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,957.49 ↑ +307%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +319%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,182.12 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,246.30 ↑ +367%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +496%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +496%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +496%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +496%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +496%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,888.10 ↑ +500%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,895.36 ↑ +502%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $2,952.69 ↑ +513%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↑ +537%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,408.77 ↑ +608%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,478.34 ↑ +623%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,583.36 ↑ +644%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,826.17 ↑ +695%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $4,284.19 ↑ +790%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,300.04 ↑ +793%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $6,961.81 ↑ +1346%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $8,032.86 ↑ +1569%

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