Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$974.70
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.
$6,498.00
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.
$363.84 with BCBS-TX vs $5,848.20 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $363.84 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $501.24 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $520.60 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -45% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -45% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -45% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $544.53 | ↓ -44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $555.31 | ↓ -43% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $576.88 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $578.65 | ↓ -41% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $635.67 | ↓ -35% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $648.38 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $654.74 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $667.45 | ↓ -32% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $673.92 | ↓ -31% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $743.73 | ↓ -24% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $743.73 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $743.73 | ↓ -24% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $769.16 | ↓ -21% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $808.71 | ↓ -17% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $814.94 | ↓ -16% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,324.28 | ↑ +36% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,411.19 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,429.56 | ↑ +47% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,528.02 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,339.28 | ↑ +140% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,119.04 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,443.94 | ↑ +253% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,963.78 | ↑ +307% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,418.64 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,548.60 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $5,848.20 | ↑ +500% |
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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,468.04 | $212.84 – $1,835.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,465.10 | $301.57 – $2,197.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,398.79 | $212.84 – $1,748.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,468.04 | $212.84 – $1,835.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,465.10 | $227.74 – $2,197.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,465.10 | $212.84 – $2,197.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,398.79 | $212.84 – $2,098.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,468.04 | $212.84 – $1,835.05 |