Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$31.95

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.

$213.00

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.

$3.08 with CHC vs $191.70 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
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3.08 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.08 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $3.08 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3.08 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.08 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $3.08 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.08 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $3.08 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.08 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.08 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $3.14 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.17 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $3.23 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $3.60 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $3.60 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $3.60 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -89%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -89%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $3.67 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3.71 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3.73 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $3.78 ↓ -88%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -88%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $4.59 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5.51 ↓ -83%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $5.87 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $6.84 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $6.97 ↓ -78%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $9.54 ↓ -70%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $11.01 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $12.11 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $12.85 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $14.83 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $16.46 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Exchange $46.86 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $76.68 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $102.24 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $129.93 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $144.84 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $149.10 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $191.70 ↑ +500%

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