Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$914.85

Cash price

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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.

$6,099.00

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.

$539.14 with HUMANA vs $5,489.10 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 $539.14 ↓ -41%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -41%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $539.14 ↓ -41%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -41%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $544.53 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $551.52 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -39%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $635.67 ↓ -31%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $635.67 ↓ -31%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $635.67 ↓ -31%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $635.67 ↓ -31%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $635.67 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $635.67 ↓ -31%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $635.67 ↓ -31%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $635.67 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $648.38 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $654.74 ↓ -28%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $667.45 ↓ -27%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $673.92 ↓ -26%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $743.73 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $743.73 ↓ -19%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $743.73 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $759.80 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $769.16 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $789.14 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -12%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $814.94 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $877.15 ↓ -4%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,324.28 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,341.78 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,411.19 ↑ +54%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,528.02 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,195.64 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,927.52 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,232.47 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,720.39 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,147.32 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,269.30 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $5,489.10 ↑ +500%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,381.40 $297.04 – $2,976.75
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,998.19 $297.04 – $2,997.28
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