#aptt mix-1:1 incubated 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

$98.35

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.

$281.00

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.

$25.26 with Renaissance vs $281.00 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 $25.26 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $29.48 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $29.48 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $29.48 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.48 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $29.48 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $30.07 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $30.07 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.07 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $30.95 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.90 ↓ -66%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $35.09 ↓ -64%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -64%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $35.09 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $35.44 ↓ -64%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $35.79 ↓ -64%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $35.79 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $36.14 ↓ -63%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $37.55 ↓ -62%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $37.55 ↓ -62%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $38.60 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $39.50 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $39.50 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $40.39 ↓ -59%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $45.40 ↓ -54%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $47.37 ↓ -52%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $51.23 ↓ -48%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $52.64 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $52.64 ↓ -46%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $52.64 ↓ -46%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $52.64 ↓ -46%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $52.64 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $54.04 ↓ -45%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $57.90 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|PPO $65.00 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Charter $65.00 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $65.00 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Exchange $65.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $66.67 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $75.87 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $83.45 ↓ -15%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $91.98 ↓ -6%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $91.98 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $92.08 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $98.35 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $101.67 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $114.04 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $114.39 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $125.88 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $132.07 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $153.69 ↑ +56%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $154.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $154.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $154.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $168.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $180.01 ↑ +83%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $182.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $182.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $182.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $191.08 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $196.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $196.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $196.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $210.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $232.17 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $238.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $281.00 ↑ +186%

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#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $236.08 $12.00 – $354.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $229.20 $12.00 – $286.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $236.08 $12.00 – $354.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $236.08 $8.00 – $354.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $229.20 $12.00 – $343.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $236.08 $29.48 – $295.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $236.08 $12.00 – $354.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $229.20 $12.00 – $343.80

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