New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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

$246.90

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.

$1,646.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $671.98 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 $100.00 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.00 ↓ -55%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $112.00 ↓ -55%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $131.04 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $134.40 ↓ -46%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.40 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.40 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $134.40 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $134.40 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $134.40 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.40 ↓ -46%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $134.40 ↓ -46%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $137.09 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $141.12 ↓ -43%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $157.25 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $157.25 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Exchange $164.27 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $268.80 ↑ +9%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $358.39 ↑ +45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $366.35 ↑ +48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $417.70 ↑ +69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $419.42 ↑ +70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $455.37 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $455.46 ↑ +84%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $507.72 ↑ +106%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $522.65 ↑ +112%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $671.98 ↑ +172%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,075.78 $659.08 – $659.08
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,210.66 $351.91 – $400.58
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $251.65 $82.00 – $719.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $208.78 $37.59 – $295.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $246.90 $100.00 – $671.98
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $251.65 $74.00 – $719.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $251.65 $74.00 – $719.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $208.78 $77.00 – $363.58

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