Access & clsr pq fem art endogft dlvry w/img uni 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

$122.15

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.

$349.00

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.

$27.92 with TCHP vs $2,749.00 with United — 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
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $27.92 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $27.92 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.48 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $37.42 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $38.26 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $87.12 ↓ -29%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $87.12 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $94.23 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -18%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $122.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $126.27 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $164.03 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $191.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $191.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $191.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $209.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $226.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $226.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $226.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $237.32 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $244.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $244.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $244.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $261.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $288.35 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $296.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $349.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +561%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +696%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1272%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +1889%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +1889%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +1925%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +2151%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +2151%

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