Evaluation heart device 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

$877.91

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.

$5,852.70

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $5,267.43 with Galaxy — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $401.04 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $457.26 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $459.13 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $498.48 ↓ -43%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $877.91 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $877.91 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,027.15 ↑ +17%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,053.49 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,053.49 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,287.60 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,106.98 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,809.30 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,570.15 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,979.84 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,096.89 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $5,267.43 ↑ +500%

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Evaluation heart device at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,469.10 $575.32 – $4,914.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,221.39 $565.95 – $4,832.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,368.17 $473.63 – $2,960.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,469.10 $438.52 – $4,914.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,221.39 $691.51 – $4,832.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,221.39 $1,664.38 – $4,832.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,368.17 $565.95 – $3,552.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,469.10 $575.32 – $4,914.56

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