Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$35.85

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.

$239.00

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.

$18.82 with CHC vs $215.10 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 $18.82 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.82 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $18.82 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $18.82 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.82 ↓ -48%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $18.82 ↓ -48%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.82 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $18.82 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.82 ↓ -48%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.82 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.20 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $19.38 ↓ -46%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $19.76 ↓ -45%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $22.02 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $22.02 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $22.02 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -37%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -37%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -37%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -37%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $22.41 ↓ -37%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $22.63 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $22.77 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $23.08 ↓ -36%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $23.98 ↓ -33%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $28.01 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $33.62 ↓ -6%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $35.86 ↑ +0%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $41.78 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $42.58 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Exchange $52.58 ↑ +47%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $58.27 ↑ +63%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $67.23 ↑ +88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $73.95 ↑ +106%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $78.44 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $86.04 ↑ +140%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $90.54 ↑ +153%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $97.23 ↑ +171%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $114.72 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $145.79 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $162.52 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $167.30 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $215.10 ↑ +500%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $122.39 $10.00 – $90.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $125.84 $12.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $105.00 $12.00 – $90.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $122.39 $10.00 – $90.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $125.84 $12.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $125.84 $8.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $105.00 $12.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $122.39 $10.00 – $90.00

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