Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube 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

$546.44

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$3,642.88

Gross charge

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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.

$594.35 with TCHP vs $5,379.24 with Brookshire Brothers — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $594.35 ↑ +9%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $594.35 ↑ +9%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $594.35 ↑ +9%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $594.35 ↑ +9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $594.35 ↑ +9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $594.35 ↑ +9%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $594.35 ↑ +9%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $594.35 ↑ +9%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $594.35 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $606.24 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $612.18 ↑ +12%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $624.07 ↑ +14%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $655.72 ↑ +20%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $695.39 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $695.39 ↑ +27%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $695.39 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $719.16 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Exchange $801.44 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,027.88 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,311.44 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,319.46 ↑ +141%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,748.59 ↑ +220%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +248%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +248%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +248%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +248%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,900.06 ↑ +248%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,919.06 ↑ +251%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $1,957.06 ↑ +258%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,033.06 ↑ +272%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,222.16 ↑ +307%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,289.38 ↑ +319%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,336.10 ↑ +328%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $2,375.07 ↑ +335%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,477.16 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,550.02 ↑ +367%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,569.71 ↑ +370%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,850.09 ↑ +422%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $2,868.93 ↑ +425%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,957.00 ↑ +441%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,278.60 ↑ +500%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,662.01 ↑ +753%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $5,379.24 ↑ +884%

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Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,194.50 $1,256.62 – $7,034.24
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,068.55 $1,831.80 – $2,289.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $546.44 $1,384.30 – $3,278.60
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $2,194.50 $1,245.65 – $6,330.82
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $546.44 $655.72 – $3,788.60
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $2,018.94 $1,869.82 – $2,793.46
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $9,744.95 $1,644.61 – $3,855.30
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $2,014.32 $1,869.82 – $4,524.95

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