Phys blood bank serv authrj at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$23.40
Cash price 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.
$156.00
Gross charge 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.
$34.32 with United vs $156.00 with BCBS-TX — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $34.32 | ↑ +47% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↑ +129% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↑ +129% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $53.52 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $53.52 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $54.06 | ↑ +131% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $55.13 | ↑ +136% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.16 | ↑ +140% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $57.27 | ↑ +145% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $66.90 | ↑ +186% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $74.88 | ↑ +220% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $80.28 | ↑ +243% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $81.70 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $93.99 | ↑ +302% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $95.16 | ↑ +307% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $106.08 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $109.20 | ↑ +367% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $132.76 | ↑ +467% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $136.04 | ↑ +481% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $140.40 | ↑ +500% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $153.18 | ↑ +555% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $156.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $156.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $156.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Phys blood bank serv authrj at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $152.73 | $6.91 – $134.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $152.73 | $6.72 – $134.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $152.73 | $10.78 – $134.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $152.73 | $8.00 – $134.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $152.73 | $11.19 – $134.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $152.73 | $6.72 – $134.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $152.73 | $8.40 – $134.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $152.73 | $6.16 – $255.76 |