Melphalan oral 2 mg 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

$16.70

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.

$111.28

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.

$13.17 with Cigna vs $100.16 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $13.17 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $15.04 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $15.54 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $15.82 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $18.21 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Exchange $24.49 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.06 ↑ +140%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $50.08 ↑ +200%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $53.42 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $67.89 ↑ +307%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $71.22 ↑ +326%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $75.68 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $77.90 ↑ +366%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $100.16 ↑ +500%

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Melphalan oral 2 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $16.58 $4.70 – $23.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $16.58 $3.41 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $16.58 $3.32 – $20.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $16.58 $4.42 – $23.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $16.58 $5.32 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $16.58 $8.57 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $16.58 $5.53 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $16.58 $4.42 – $23.49

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