Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$469.50

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.

$3,130.00

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.

$200.68 with BCBS-TX vs $2,817.00 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 $200.68 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $255.35 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $270.57 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $310.71 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $366.66 ↓ -22%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -22%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -22%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $370.33 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -20%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -16%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $458.33 ↓ -2%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↑ +17%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $557.09 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Exchange $688.60 ↑ +47%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $905.27 ↑ +93%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $1,044.54 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,126.80 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,502.40 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,658.90 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,909.30 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,128.40 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,191.00 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $2,817.00 ↑ +500%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,207.28 $107.95 – $1,509.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,207.24 $248.49 – $1,810.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,075.03 $215.01 – $1,343.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,207.28 $66.43 – $1,509.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,207.24 $328.70 – $1,810.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,207.24 $623.74 – $1,810.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,075.03 $269.88 – $1,612.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,207.28 $107.95 – $1,509.10

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