MRA w/cont, lwr ext 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

$974.70

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.

$6,498.00

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.

$357.71 with CIGNA HEALTHSPRING vs $4,014.00 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 HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $357.71 ↓ -63%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $361.29 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -62%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $400.00 ↓ -59%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $447.14 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $468.00 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -45%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $579.84 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $717.88 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $864.00 ↓ -11%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $942.24 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $981.20 ↑ +1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $988.99 ↑ +1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,027.18 ↑ +5%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,087.20 ↑ +12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,141.73 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,605.60 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,654.00 ↑ +70%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,140.80 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,720.60 ↑ +179%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,032.80 ↑ +211%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,122.00 ↑ +220%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,014.00 ↑ +312%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,691.95 $479.39 – $2,396.93
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,007.60 $644.44 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,007.60 $952.69 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,007.60 $669.20 – $3,011.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,691.95 $451.19 – $2,396.93

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