Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 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

$143.82

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.

$958.80

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 $1,127.25 with Brookshire Brothers — 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 ↓ -26%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↑ +5%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↑ +5%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $150.52 ↑ +5%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $150.52 ↑ +5%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $150.52 ↑ +5%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↑ +5%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $150.52 ↑ +5%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.52 ↑ +5%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $150.52 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $153.53 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $155.04 ↑ +8%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $158.05 ↑ +10%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $172.59 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $176.11 ↑ +22%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $176.11 ↑ +22%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $176.11 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $182.13 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Exchange $210.94 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $237.33 ↑ +65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $242.18 ↑ +68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $266.39 ↑ +85%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $334.15 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $345.17 ↑ +140%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↑ +178%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +178%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +178%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↑ +181%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +187%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +198%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $460.23 ↑ +220%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $500.23 ↑ +248%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $584.87 ↑ +307%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +317%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $601.20 ↑ +318%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $651.99 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $671.16 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $862.92 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $976.95 ↑ +579%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,127.25 ↑ +684%

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at other Texas hospitals

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,237.20 $201.81 – $4,826.69
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,043.14 $71.00 – $1,303.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $754.35 $111.00 – $987.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $849.23 $85.00 – $1,273.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $849.23 $143.08 – $1,273.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,043.14 $71.00 – $1,564.70

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