App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm 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

$408.45

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.

$1,167.00

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.

$36.00 with BCBS - TX 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $36.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $52.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $56.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $67.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $76.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -76%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $315.09 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $408.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $422.23 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $548.49 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $641.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $641.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $641.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $700.20 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $700.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $758.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $758.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $758.55 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $758.55 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $758.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $793.56 ↑ +94%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +98%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $816.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $816.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $816.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $875.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $886.92 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +131%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $964.18 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +138%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $991.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,167.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +310%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +495%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +495%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +506%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +573%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +573%

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,317.32 $4,826.69 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $930.11 $263.53 – $1,317.65
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $223.21 $44.64 – $279.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $930.11 $248.03 – $1,317.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $245.53 $78.82 – $368.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $245.53 $126.86 – $368.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $223.21 $71.00 – $334.82

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