Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 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

$259.50

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.

$1,730.00

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.

$106.56 with BCBS-TX vs $1,557.00 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 $106.56 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $150.52 ↓ -42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -42%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $150.52 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $150.52 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $150.52 ↓ -42%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $150.52 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $153.53 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $155.04 ↓ -40%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $158.05 ↓ -39%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $176.11 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $176.11 ↓ -32%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $176.11 ↓ -32%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $182.13 ↓ -30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $237.33 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $242.18 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $266.39 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $311.40 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $334.15 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Exchange $380.60 ↑ +47%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +54%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +54%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +54%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +65%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $500.23 ↑ +93%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +131%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $601.20 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $622.80 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $830.40 ↑ +220%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $976.95 ↑ +276%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,055.30 ↑ +307%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,127.25 ↑ +334%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,176.40 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,211.00 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,557.00 ↑ +500%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $943.42 $143.08 – $1,415.12
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