Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$114.94
Cash price 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.
$766.27
Gross charge 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.
$23.11 with Cigna vs $148.54 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $23.11 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $36.31 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.42 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $70.88 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $73.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $74.27 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $74.52 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $79.22 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $85.78 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $105.63 | ↓ -8% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $112.23 | ↓ -2% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $115.53 | ↑ +1% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $148.54 | ↑ +29% |
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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,047.82 | $24.38 – $287.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $284.34 | $24.38 – $287.52 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $285.08 | $85.02 – $134.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $122.13 | $23.27 – $287.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,083.90 | $23.27 – $287.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $485.49 | $24.38 – $287.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $51.76 | $16.63 – $75.59 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $114.94 | $23.11 – $148.54 |