Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) 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

$48.30

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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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$322.00

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.

$70.84 with United vs $2,016.00 with Cigna — 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

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
United Commercial|Exchange $70.84 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $115.92 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $154.56 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $196.42 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $218.96 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $225.40 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $289.80 ↑ +500%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $412.53 ↑ +754%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $693.64 ↑ +1336%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +1336%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +1336%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +1336%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $693.64 ↑ +1336%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $700.58 ↑ +1350%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $714.45 ↑ +1379%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $742.19 ↑ +1437%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $867.05 ↑ +1695%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $918.82 ↑ +1802%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $937.58 ↑ +1841%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,031.33 ↑ +2035%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,040.46 ↑ +2054%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $1,042.67 ↑ +2059%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,694.34 ↑ +3408%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,955.01 ↑ +3948%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,016.00 ↑ +4074%

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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,000.57 $380.11 – $4,286.93
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,160.20 $958.00 – $6,172.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,160.20 $958.00 – $6,172.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,160.20 $958.00 – $6,172.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,160.20 $1,666.44 – $6,172.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,160.20 $958.00 – $6,172.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $5,573.77 $660.05 – $2,265.00
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $959.13 $450.04 – $1,583.42

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