Radiation physics consult 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

$302.85

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.

$2,019.00

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.

$132.99 with HUMANA vs $1,817.10 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 $132.99 ↓ -56%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -56%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $132.99 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $134.32 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $136.98 ↓ -55%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $142.30 ↓ -53%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $166.24 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $199.49 ↓ -34%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $204.58 ↓ -32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $236.21 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $300.55 ↓ -1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $318.47 ↑ +5%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $332.44 ↑ +10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $365.71 ↑ +21%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $383.58 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Exchange $444.18 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $726.84 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $969.12 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,070.07 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,231.59 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,372.92 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,413.30 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,817.10 ↑ +500%

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