X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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

$607.65

Cash price

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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.

$4,051.00

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.

$106.51 with HUMANA vs $3,645.90 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.

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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
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $131.99 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $131.99 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↓ -78%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.99 ↓ -78%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $131.99 ↓ -78%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $133.14 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $134.63 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $134.67 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.67 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $138.59 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.71 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $154.43 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $154.43 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $157.56 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $162.95 ↓ -73%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $165.76 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $210.71 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $212.18 ↓ -65%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $269.36 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $290.29 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $298.97 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $301.50 ↓ -50%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $310.80 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $335.12 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Exchange $891.22 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,458.36 ↑ +140%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,944.48 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,471.11 ↑ +307%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,754.68 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,835.70 ↑ +367%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $3,645.90 ↑ +500%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,049.33 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $535.91 $61.48 – $669.89
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.98 $65.78 – $902.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.98 $61.48 – $902.97
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