Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$528.19

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.

$3,521.25

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.

$402.48 with HUMANA vs $2,535.30 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 $402.48 ↓ -24%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -24%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↓ -24%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -22%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -18%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.74 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -7%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -7%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $489.74 ↓ -7%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $489.74 ↓ -7%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $499.53 ↓ -5%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $503.10 ↓ -5%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $504.43 ↓ -4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $508.15 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $514.23 ↓ -3%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $573.00 ↑ +8%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $573.00 ↑ +8%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $573.00 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $592.59 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Exchange $619.74 ↑ +17%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $621.86 ↑ +18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $700.05 ↑ +33%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $727.08 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $808.17 ↑ +53%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,010.52 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,014.12 ↑ +92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,087.22 ↑ +106%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,165.98 ↑ +121%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,352.16 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,493.01 ↑ +183%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,718.37 ↑ +225%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,915.56 ↑ +263%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,971.90 ↑ +273%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,535.30 ↑ +380%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,522.84 $265.30 – $1,903.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,435.33 $295.44 – $2,153.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,435.33 $283.87 – $2,153.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,435.33 $265.30 – $2,153.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,356.79 $265.30 – $2,035.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,522.84 $265.30 – $1,903.55

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