Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$295.80

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.

$1,972.00

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.

$276.53 with SUPERIOR vs $2,016.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $276.53 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $276.53 ↓ -7%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $276.53 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $276.53 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $276.53 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $276.53 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $276.53 ↓ -7%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $276.53 ↓ -7%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $276.53 ↓ -7%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $282.06 ↓ -5%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $284.83 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $290.36 ↓ -2%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $323.54 ↑ +9%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $323.54 ↑ +9%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $323.54 ↑ +9%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $334.60 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $412.53 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Exchange $433.84 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $613.90 ↑ +108%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $693.64 ↑ +134%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +134%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +134%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +134%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $700.58 ↑ +137%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $709.92 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $714.45 ↑ +142%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $742.19 ↑ +151%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $867.05 ↑ +193%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $918.82 ↑ +211%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $937.58 ↑ +217%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $946.56 ↑ +220%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,031.33 ↑ +249%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,040.46 ↑ +252%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,042.67 ↑ +252%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,202.92 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,340.96 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,380.40 ↑ +367%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,694.34 ↑ +473%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,774.80 ↑ +500%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,955.01 ↑ +561%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +582%

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