Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

$9.38

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.

$62.47

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.

$5.46 with Cigna vs $35.06 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 $5.46 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Exchange $8.57 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.03 ↑ +50%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $17.53 ↑ +87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $17.68 ↑ +88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $18.25 ↑ +95%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $18.59 ↑ +98%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18.70 ↑ +99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $21.39 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $23.76 ↑ +153%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $24.93 ↑ +166%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $26.49 ↑ +182%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $27.27 ↑ +191%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $35.06 ↑ +274%

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Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $254.73 $31.80 – $31.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $50.47 $13.67 – $71.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $50.47 $10.39 – $75.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $50.47 $10.09 – $63.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $50.47 $13.46 – $71.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $50.47 $13.67 – $75.71
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $274.51 $30.89 – $39.06
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $32.45 $11.29 – $92.92

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