I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$31.22

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.

$208.08

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.

$23.17 with HUMANA vs $187.28 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $23.17 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $23.17 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $23.17 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $23.17 ↓ -26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $23.17 ↓ -26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $23.40 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -24%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $24.79 ↓ -21%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $28.96 ↓ -7%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $33.78 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $34.76 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $44.28 ↑ +42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $45.72 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|Exchange $45.78 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $46.55 ↑ +49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $53.59 ↑ +72%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $54.89 ↑ +76%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $63.33 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $74.91 ↑ +140%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $76.42 ↑ +145%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $99.88 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $126.93 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $141.50 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $145.66 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $187.28 ↑ +500%

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $481.12 $39.72 – $417.26
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $42.00 $77.38 – $82.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $391.11 $39.72 – $417.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $468.71 $39.72 – $417.26
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.85 $18.62 – $71.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.22 $20.82 – $187.28
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.85 $18.46 – $71.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.85 $18.46 – $71.00

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