Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$1,337.10
Cash price 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.
$8,914.00
Gross charge 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.
$178.31 with HUMANA vs $8,022.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -87% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $180.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $183.66 | ↓ -86% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $190.79 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $209.55 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $220.58 | ↓ -84% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $220.58 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $220.58 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $220.58 | ↓ -84% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $220.58 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $220.58 | ↓ -84% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $222.89 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $224.99 | ↓ -83% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $227.23 | ↓ -83% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $227.23 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $231.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $234.05 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $258.08 | ↓ -81% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $258.08 | ↓ -81% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $265.86 | ↓ -80% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $267.47 | ↓ -80% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $274.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $277.02 | ↓ -79% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $450.16 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $504.45 | ↓ -62% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $519.42 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $573.99 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $603.15 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $727.06 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,103.00 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,961.08 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,209.04 | ↑ +140% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,278.72 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,437.54 | ↑ +307% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,061.52 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,239.80 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $8,022.60 | ↑ +500% |
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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,802.18 | $849.15 – $849.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,041.88 | $167.39 – $2,552.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,925.21 | $236.02 – $2,887.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,277.85 | $167.39 – $2,847.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,041.88 | $167.39 – $2,552.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,925.21 | $167.39 – $2,887.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,925.21 | $175.06 – $2,887.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,277.85 | $167.39 – $3,416.77 |