ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$97.65

Cash price

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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.

$651.00

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.

$6.80 with TCHP vs $788.00 with Cigna — 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.80 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $6.80 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $7.96 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.50 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.50 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $8.50 ↓ -91%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $8.50 ↓ -91%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.50 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.50 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $8.67 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $8.93 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.95 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $9.95 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $15.30 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $15.30 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Exchange $18.70 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.60 ↓ -69%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $40.80 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $51.85 ↓ -47%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $57.80 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $59.50 ↓ -39%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $76.50 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $85.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $85.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $85.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $85.00 ↓ -13%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -10%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -10%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -10%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -10%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -7%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -3%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $110.24 ↑ +13%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↑ +35%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $133.86 ↑ +37%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $217.52 ↑ +123%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $250.98 ↑ +157%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $265.00 ↑ +171%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $310.05 ↑ +218%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $572.40 ↑ +486%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $788.00 ↑ +707%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $409.49 $268.04 – $268.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $286.94 $80.47 – $6,299.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $312.33 $161.37 – $600.00
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