Lung perfusion imaging 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

$658.80

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.

$4,392.00

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.

$395.01 with BCBS-TX vs $3,952.80 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 $395.01 ↓ -40%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -39%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↓ -39%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -37%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -35%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -26%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↓ -26%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.74 ↓ -26%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↓ -26%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.74 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -26%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $499.53 ↓ -24%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $503.10 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $504.43 ↓ -23%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $514.23 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $544.18 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $565.20 ↓ -14%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $573.00 ↓ -13%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $573.00 ↓ -13%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $573.00 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $592.59 ↓ -10%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -8%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $621.86 ↓ -6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $628.23 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Exchange $966.24 ↑ +47%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,010.52 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,087.22 ↑ +65%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,165.98 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,581.12 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,108.16 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,327.76 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,679.12 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,986.56 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,074.40 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,952.80 ↑ +500%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,082.75 $213.51 – $1,624.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,100.39 $213.51 – $1,650.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,348.42 $213.51 – $1,685.52

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