Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$52.05

Cash price

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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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$347.00

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.

$76.34 with United vs $361.11 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 $76.34 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $124.92 ↑ +140%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +148%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $129.11 ↑ +148%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +148%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.40 ↑ +151%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +155%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +165%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $161.39 ↑ +210%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $166.56 ↑ +220%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $192.59 ↑ +270%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +272%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $211.67 ↑ +307%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $233.32 ↑ +348%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $235.96 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $242.90 ↑ +367%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $266.03 ↑ +411%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $267.12 ↑ +413%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $290.02 ↑ +457%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $312.30 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $312.96 ↑ +501%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $361.11 ↑ +594%

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $651.34 $126.97 – $814.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $649.80 $133.75 – $974.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $497.74 $99.55 – $622.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $651.34 $126.97 – $814.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $649.80 $126.97 – $974.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $649.80 $316.45 – $974.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $497.74 $126.97 – $746.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $651.34 $126.97 – $814.17

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