Mra, w/o&w/dye, spinal canal at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$687.45
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.
$4,583.00
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.
$357.71 with CIGNA HEALTHSPRING vs $4,124.70 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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| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -48% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $357.71 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $361.29 | ↓ -47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $368.44 | ↓ -46% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $382.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $400.00 | ↓ -42% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $447.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $468.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $536.57 | ↓ -22% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $579.84 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $717.88 | ↑ +4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $864.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $942.24 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $988.99 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,008.26 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,027.18 | ↑ +49% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,087.20 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,141.73 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,649.88 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,654.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,199.84 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,795.63 | ↑ +307% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,116.44 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,208.10 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $4,124.70 | ↑ +500% |
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Mra, w/o&w/dye, spinal canal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,590.76 | $332.94 – $2,386.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $1,590.76 | $332.94 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $1,590.76 | $332.94 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $1,590.76 | $332.94 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON | Denton | $1,590.76 | $291.64 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $1,590.76 | $291.64 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO | Plano | $1,590.76 | $318.15 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR | Taylor | $1,590.76 | $503.74 – $2,577.00 |