Warde folic acid rbc 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

$6.00

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.

$40.00

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.

$8.80 with United vs $76.27 with Cigna — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $8.80 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.40 ↑ +140%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $14.83 ↑ +147%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $14.83 ↑ +147%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.83 ↑ +147%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.83 ↑ +147%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.83 ↑ +147%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $14.83 ↑ +147%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.83 ↑ +147%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $14.83 ↑ +147%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.83 ↑ +147%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.83 ↑ +147%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $15.13 ↑ +152%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.27 ↑ +155%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $15.57 ↑ +160%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $17.35 ↑ +189%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $17.35 ↑ +189%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $17.35 ↑ +189%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +194%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +194%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $17.65 ↑ +194%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +194%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +194%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $17.83 ↑ +197%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $17.94 ↑ +199%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $18.18 ↑ +203%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.89 ↑ +215%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↑ +220%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $22.06 ↑ +268%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $24.40 ↑ +307%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26.48 ↑ +341%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $27.20 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↑ +367%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $28.24 ↑ +371%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $32.92 ↑ +449%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $33.54 ↑ +459%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +500%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $40.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↑ +567%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $40.00 ↑ +567%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $45.89 ↑ +665%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $52.95 ↑ +783%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $76.27 ↑ +1171%

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