Generator emblem MRI sicd subq 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

$47,738.57

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.

$318,257.10

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.

$8,662.98 with BCBS-TX vs $51,977.84 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $8,662.98 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $9,818.04 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $12,128.17 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $12,705.70 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Exchange $12,705.70 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $13,860.76 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20,791.14 ↓ -56%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $25,988.92 ↓ -46%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $27,721.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $35,229.43 ↓ -26%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $36,962.02 ↓ -23%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $39,272.15 ↓ -18%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $40,427.21 ↓ -15%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $51,977.84 ↑ +9%

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Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $36,467.76 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $44,648.31 $7,834.81 – $27,981.45
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $73,500.00 $0.21 – $1.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $37,300.73 $2,675.40 – $18,900.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $47,738.57 $8,662.98 – $51,977.84
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $73,500.00 $0.21 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $73,500.00 $0.21 – $1.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $37,300.73 $4,200.00 – $17,850.00

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