Immobilizer shldr sling med 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

$37.96

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.

$253.05

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.

$20.79 with BCBS-TX vs $124.74 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 $20.79 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $23.57 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $29.11 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $30.50 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Exchange $30.50 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $33.27 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $49.90 ↑ +31%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $62.37 ↑ +64%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $66.53 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $84.55 ↑ +123%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $88.71 ↑ +134%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $94.25 ↑ +148%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $97.02 ↑ +156%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $124.74 ↑ +229%

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Immobilizer shldr sling med at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $37.96 $20.79 – $124.74
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $37.96 $20.79 – $124.74
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $35.82 $89.65 – $89.65
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $113.26 – $248.48
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $113.26 – $248.48
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $113.26 – $248.48
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $113.26 – $248.48
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $113.26 – $248.48

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