Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body 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

$166.35

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.

$1,109.00

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.

$166.35 with TCHP 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $166.35 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $166.35 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $194.63 ↑ +17%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $199.62 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $199.62 ↑ +20%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $199.62 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $199.62 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $199.62 ↑ +20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $199.62 ↑ +20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $199.62 ↑ +20%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $199.62 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $203.62 ↑ +22%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $209.61 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $233.56 ↑ +40%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $233.56 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $239.97 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Exchange $243.98 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $399.24 ↑ +140%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +140%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $399.69 ↑ +140%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +140%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +140%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $399.69 ↑ +140%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $403.69 ↑ +143%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $411.68 ↑ +147%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $427.67 ↑ +157%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $499.61 ↑ +200%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $532.32 ↑ +220%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $534.48 ↑ +221%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $545.39 ↑ +228%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $599.54 ↑ +260%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $599.92 ↑ +261%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $600.74 ↑ +261%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $676.49 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $754.12 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $776.30 ↑ +367%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $976.20 ↑ +487%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $998.10 ↑ +500%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,126.38 ↑ +577%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +1112%

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