Drainage external ear simple 69000 at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$388.93
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,592.84
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$85.98 with BCBS-TX vs $2,333.56 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $85.98 | ↓ -78% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $112.71 | ↓ -71% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $114.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $116.09 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.35 | ↓ -70% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $131.87 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $131.87 | ↓ -66% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $131.87 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $136.38 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $191.51 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $195.42 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $214.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $250.22 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $289.00 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $466.72 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $570.43 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $704.73 | ↑ +81% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $704.73 | ↑ +81% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $704.73 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $704.73 | ↑ +81% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $704.73 | ↑ +81% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $711.78 | ↑ +83% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $725.87 | ↑ +87% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $754.06 | ↑ +94% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $880.91 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $933.43 | ↑ +140% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,057.10 | ↑ +172% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $1,060.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.57 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,581.64 | ↑ +307% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,723.80 | ↑ +343% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,763.14 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,814.99 | ↑ +367% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,989.00 | ↑ +411% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $2,333.56 | ↑ +500% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $565.76 | $162.85 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $984.69 | $107.14 – $1,742.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $997.05 | $71.00 – $1,742.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,005.88 | $71.00 – $1,742.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $984.69 | $107.14 – $1,742.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $997.05 | $85.00 – $1,742.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $997.05 | $107.14 – $1,742.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,005.88 | $71.00 – $1,742.94 |