5' nucleotidase - sendout at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital

17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$54.60

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.

$156.00

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.

$8.03 with Renaissance vs $156.00 with MHealth Network — 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $8.03 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.37 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.37 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $9.37 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $9.37 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.37 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.56 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.56 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $9.56 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $9.84 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.78 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $11.15 ↓ -80%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↓ -80%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $11.15 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.15 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $11.26 ↓ -79%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $11.37 ↓ -79%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $11.37 ↓ -79%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $11.48 ↓ -79%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11.93 ↓ -78%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11.93 ↓ -78%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $12.27 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $12.56 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $12.56 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $12.84 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $14.43 ↓ -74%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $15.05 ↓ -72%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $16.28 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $16.73 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $16.73 ↓ -69%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $16.73 ↓ -69%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $16.73 ↓ -69%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $16.73 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $17.17 ↓ -69%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $18.40 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|PPO $20.66 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|HMO $20.66 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Charter $20.66 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Exchange $20.66 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $21.19 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $26.45 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $29.18 ↓ -47%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $29.23 ↓ -46%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $29.23 ↓ -46%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $36.24 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $36.35 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $39.88 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $42.12 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $48.84 ↓ -11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $54.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $56.45 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $57.20 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Optum $73.32 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $85.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $85.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $85.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $93.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $101.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $101.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $101.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $106.08 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $109.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $109.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $109.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $128.89 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $132.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $156.00 ↑ +186%

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