Emg cranial nerve bilateral 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

$46.05

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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.

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$307.00

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.

$67.54 with United vs $887.34 with Brookshire Brothers — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $67.54 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $110.52 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $147.36 ↑ +220%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $163.50 ↑ +255%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $186.42 ↑ +305%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $187.18 ↑ +306%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $187.27 ↑ +307%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $203.22 ↑ +341%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $208.76 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $214.90 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $276.30 ↑ +500%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $311.90 ↑ +577%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +577%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +577%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +577%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +577%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $315.02 ↑ +584%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $321.26 ↑ +598%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↑ +625%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $389.88 ↑ +747%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↑ +916%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $473.25 ↑ +928%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $769.03 ↑ +1570%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $887.34 ↑ +1827%

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Emg cranial nerve bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $494.13 $140.00 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $637.22 $131.16 – $955.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $478.06 $95.61 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $494.13 $131.77 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $637.22 $204.55 – $955.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $637.22 $329.23 – $955.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $478.06 $159.35 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $494.13 $131.77 – $777.56

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