Thyroid met imaging at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$229.65
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.
$1,531.00
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.
$336.82 with United vs $1,377.90 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $336.82 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $374.01 | ↑ +63% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +75% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +75% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +75% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +75% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $406.50 | ↑ +77% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $414.55 | ↑ +81% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $430.65 | ↑ +88% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $489.74 | ↑ +113% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $499.53 | ↑ +118% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $503.10 | ↑ +119% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $504.43 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $514.23 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $515.25 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $535.15 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $551.16 | ↑ +140% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $573.00 | ↑ +150% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $573.00 | ↑ +150% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $573.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $592.59 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $594.83 | ↑ +159% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $603.72 | ↑ +163% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $621.86 | ↑ +171% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $734.88 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $811.43 | ↑ +253% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $933.91 | ↑ +307% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,010.52 | ↑ +340% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,041.08 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,071.70 | ↑ +367% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,087.22 | ↑ +373% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,165.98 | ↑ +408% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $1,377.90 | ↑ +500% |
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Thyroid met imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,366.16 | $281.20 – $2,049.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,247.37 | $209.50 – $1,559.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,366.16 | $224.16 – $2,049.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,366.16 | $209.50 – $2,049.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,247.37 | $209.50 – $1,871.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,366.16 | $209.50 – $1,707.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $1,366.16 | $209.50 – $2,049.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $1,247.37 | $209.50 – $1,871.06 |