Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia 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

$74.07

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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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$493.78

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.

$71.96 with BCBS-TX vs $444.41 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $71.96 ↓ -3%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $74.07 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $74.07 ↑ +0%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $86.66 ↑ +17%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $88.89 ↑ +20%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.89 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.89 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $88.89 ↑ +20%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $88.89 ↑ +20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $88.89 ↑ +20%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.89 ↑ +20%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $88.89 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $90.66 ↑ +22%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $93.33 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $104.00 ↑ +40%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $104.00 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|Exchange $108.64 ↑ +47%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +74%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +74%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $129.11 ↑ +74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.40 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +80%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $160.27 ↑ +116%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $161.39 ↑ +118%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $163.55 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $177.77 ↑ +140%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $179.90 ↑ +143%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $192.59 ↑ +160%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +161%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $237.02 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +290%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $301.21 ↑ +307%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $312.96 ↑ +323%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $335.78 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $345.65 ↑ +367%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $361.11 ↑ +388%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $444.41 ↑ +500%

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