Artery x-rays lung at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$1,538.95
Cash price 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.
$4,397.00
Gross charge 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.
$129.98 with Wellpoint vs $10,245.95 with NX Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $129.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $130.98 | ↓ -91% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $130.98 | ↓ -91% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $132.58 | ↓ -91% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $132.58 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $133.60 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $136.48 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $140.00 | ↓ -91% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $150.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $175.51 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $179.44 | ↓ -88% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $201.71 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $209.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $223.33 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.00 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $245.97 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $301.79 | ↓ -80% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|Lakeside | $351.76 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $351.76 | ↓ -77% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $408.66 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $408.66 | ↓ -73% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $471.36 | ↓ -69% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,187.19 | ↓ -23% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1,538.95 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1,590.84 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $2,066.59 | ↑ +34% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $2,269.87 | ↑ +47% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,418.35 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,418.35 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $2,418.35 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $2,594.23 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $2,638.20 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,858.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $2,858.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $2,858.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,989.96 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $3,077.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $3,077.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $3,077.90 | ↑ +100% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $3,152.60 | ↑ +105% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +105% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $3,152.60 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +105% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,152.60 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $3,184.13 | ↑ +107% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $3,215.65 | ↑ +109% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,215.65 | ↑ +109% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $3,247.18 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,297.75 | ↑ +114% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,373.28 | ↑ +119% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,373.28 | ↑ +119% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,467.86 | ↑ +125% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,632.81 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $3,737.45 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $3,907.50 | ↑ +154% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $4,046.07 | ↑ +163% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $4,256.01 | ↑ +177% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,397.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,397.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4,397.00 | ↑ +186% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $4,397.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $4,728.90 | ↑ +207% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $4,728.90 | ↑ +207% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,728.90 | ↑ +207% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $4,728.90 | ↑ +207% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,728.90 | ↑ +207% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,787.23 | ↑ +211% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $4,855.00 | ↑ +215% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $10,245.95 | ↑ +566% |
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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,150.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,402.00 | $700.25 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,344.80 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,150.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,402.00 | $139.08 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,402.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,344.80 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,150.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |