Pelvic MRI (with contrast) 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

$1,267.50

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.

$8,450.00

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.

$357.71 with HUMANA vs $7,605.00 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 $357.71 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $357.71 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $361.29 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $439.13 ↓ -65%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $447.14 ↓ -65%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $461.69 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $461.69 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $461.69 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $461.69 ↓ -64%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $461.69 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $461.69 ↓ -64%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $464.22 ↓ -63%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $464.22 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $470.92 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $478.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $484.77 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $540.18 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $540.18 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $543.14 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $561.71 ↓ -56%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $579.84 ↓ -54%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $942.24 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,030.57 ↓ -19%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,087.20 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,202.83 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,263.92 ↓ -0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,523.58 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,654.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,859.00 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,042.00 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,056.00 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5,154.50 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,746.00 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,915.00 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $7,605.00 ↑ +500%

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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,745.15 $276.66 – $2,181.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,989.01 $409.40 – $2,983.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,087.21 $276.66 – $2,609.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,745.15 $276.66 – $2,181.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,989.01 $296.03 – $2,983.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,989.01 $276.66 – $2,983.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,087.21 $276.66 – $3,130.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,745.15 $276.66 – $2,181.43

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