Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only 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

$58.65

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$391.00

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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.

$24.53 with HUMANA vs $351.90 with Galaxy — 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

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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $24.53 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.78 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -57%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -55%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $30.66 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $43.68 ↓ -26%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $44.90 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $47.67 ↓ -19%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $72.96 ↑ +24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $75.87 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $80.47 ↑ +37%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $84.18 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Exchange $86.02 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $92.88 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $140.76 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $187.68 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $238.51 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $265.88 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $273.70 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $351.90 ↑ +500%

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Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $369.31 $88.51 – $88.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $110.02 $27.61 – $137.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $139.48 $28.71 – $209.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $113.42 $22.68 – $141.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $110.02 $27.61 – $137.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $139.48 $27.61 – $209.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $139.48 $26.00 – $209.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $113.42 $27.61 – $170.14

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