Thyroid imaging at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$545.70
Cash price 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.
$3,638.00
Gross charge 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.
$340.13 with BCBS-TX vs $3,274.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $340.13 | ↓ -38% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↓ -26% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $402.48 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↓ -26% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $406.50 | ↓ -26% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $414.55 | ↓ -24% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $468.58 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $486.67 | ↓ -11% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $489.74 | ↓ -10% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $489.74 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $495.14 | ↓ -9% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $495.14 | ↓ -9% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $495.14 | ↓ -9% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $495.14 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $495.14 | ↓ -9% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $495.14 | ↓ -9% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $503.10 | ↓ -8% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $504.43 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $505.04 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $519.90 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $540.95 | ↓ -1% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $573.00 | ↑ +5% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $579.31 | ↑ +6% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $579.31 | ↑ +6% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $592.59 | ↑ +9% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +11% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $621.86 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $800.36 | ↑ +47% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,010.52 | ↑ +85% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,087.22 | ↑ +99% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,165.98 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,309.68 | ↑ +140% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,746.24 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,928.14 | ↑ +253% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,219.18 | ↑ +307% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,473.84 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,546.60 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $3,274.20 | ↑ +500% |
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Thyroid imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $673.01 | $171.74 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $577.80 | $118.93 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $577.80 | $171.74 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $673.01 | $171.74 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $577.80 | $183.76 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $577.80 | $171.74 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $577.80 | $171.74 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $673.01 | $171.74 – $1,021.72 |