Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$49.35

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.

$329.00

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.

$28.44 with CHC vs $209.31 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $28.44 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.44 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $28.44 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $28.44 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $28.44 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $28.44 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.44 ↓ -42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $28.44 ↓ -42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.44 ↓ -42%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.44 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $29.01 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.29 ↓ -41%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $29.86 ↓ -39%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $33.27 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $33.27 ↓ -33%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $33.27 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -31%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -31%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -31%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $33.86 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $34.20 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $34.41 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $34.88 ↓ -29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $36.23 ↓ -27%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $42.33 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $50.79 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $51.17 ↑ +4%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $54.18 ↑ +10%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $63.14 ↑ +28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $64.33 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $83.73 ↑ +70%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $88.04 ↑ +78%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $101.58 ↑ +106%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $111.63 ↑ +126%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $111.74 ↑ +126%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $118.51 ↑ +140%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $136.79 ↑ +177%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $141.87 ↑ +187%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $146.58 ↑ +197%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $158.15 ↑ +220%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $162.80 ↑ +230%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $209.31 ↑ +324%

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