MRI w/cont, breast, uni 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

$711.60

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.

$4,744.00

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.

$178.31 with HUMANA vs $4,269.60 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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $178.31 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $180.09 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -74%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -73%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $222.89 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.47 ↓ -62%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $277.02 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $342.57 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $400.00 ↓ -44%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $450.16 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $468.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $471.95 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $490.17 ↓ -31%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $519.42 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $544.84 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $864.00 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,043.68 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,654.00 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,707.84 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,277.12 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,893.84 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,225.92 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,320.80 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $4,269.60 ↑ +500%

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MRI w/cont, breast, uni at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,039.11 $167.39 – $2,548.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,567.09 $322.56 – $2,350.64
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,039.11 $167.39 – $2,548.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,567.09 $167.39 – $2,350.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,567.09 $455.16 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,567.09 $167.39 – $2,350.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,039.11 $167.39 – $2,548.88

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