Tc-99m mertiatide 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

$290.54

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.

$1,936.92

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $1,748.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $384.56 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $629.28 ↑ +117%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $839.04 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,066.28 ↑ +267%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,188.64 ↑ +309%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,223.60 ↑ +321%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $1,573.20 ↑ +441%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,651.40 ↑ +468%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,705.41 ↑ +487%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,736.28 ↑ +498%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,748.00 ↑ +502%

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Tc-99m mertiatide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $3,133.94 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,515.31 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,611.33 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $893.40 $100.00 – $1,914.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $944.65 $100.00 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $343.70 $250.22 – $1,767.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $290.54 $100.00 – $1,651.40
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,699.87 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57

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