Icd crtp serena MRI 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

$16,854.24

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.

$112,361.55

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.

$16,854.24 with BCBS-TX vs $101,125.40 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $16,854.24 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $19,101.47 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $23,595.93 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $24,719.55 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Exchange $24,719.55 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $26,966.78 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40,450.16 ↑ +140%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $50,562.70 ↑ +200%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $53,933.55 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $68,540.55 ↑ +307%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $71,911.40 ↑ +327%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $76,405.86 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $78,653.09 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $101,125.40 ↑ +500%

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Icd crtp serena MRI at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $11,566.80 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $15,750.00 $4,820.80 – $17,217.12
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $30,484.13 $7,827.75 – $37,275.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $15,680.18 $3,359.03 – $23,729.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $16,854.24 $16,854.24 – $101,125.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $30,484.13 $7,827.75 – $37,275.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $30,484.13 $7,827.75 – $37,275.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $15,680.18 $5,273.20 – $22,411.10

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