Ins picad w subq port 5yr> 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

$2,979.15

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.

$19,861.00

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.

$1,176.37 with CHC vs $17,874.90 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
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,176.37 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,199.90 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,211.66 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,235.19 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,376.35 ↓ -54%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,376.35 ↓ -54%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,376.35 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,423.41 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,829.04 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,611.54 ↓ -12%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +6%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +6%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +6%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +6%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +6%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,184.13 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↑ +9%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +22%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $3,940.75 ↑ +32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,073.78 ↑ +37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,156.92 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,369.42 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,572.61 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +59%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $4,805.86 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,149.96 ↑ +140%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7,809.52 ↑ +162%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $9,010.98 ↑ +202%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9,533.28 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $12,115.21 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $13,505.48 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $13,902.70 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $17,874.90 ↑ +500%

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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,912.93 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,741.53 $71.00 – $7,896.23
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,741.53 $85.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,741.53 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,194.33 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,912.93 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23

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