New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$68.55
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.
$456.96
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.
$27.72 with United vs $126.00 with BCBS-TX — 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $27.72 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.36 | ↓ -34% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $59.70 | ↓ -13% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $59.70 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $60.48 | ↓ -12% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $69.85 | ↑ +2% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $71.64 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $73.08 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.23 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $76.86 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $83.82 | ↑ +22% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $83.82 | ↑ +22% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $85.68 | ↑ +25% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $88.20 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $113.40 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $126.00 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $126.00 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $126.00 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $126.00 | ↑ +84% |
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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $567.95 | $298.30 – $298.30 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $207.90 | $82.00 – $594.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $232.23 | $22.68 – $206.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $68.55 | $31.50 – $126.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $207.90 | $74.00 – $594.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $207.90 | $74.00 – $594.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $232.23 | $77.00 – $421.40 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $207.90 | $74.00 – $594.00 |