Ascenda two piece catheter 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

$63,744.10

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.

$182,126.00

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.

$487.31 with BCBS-TX vs $2,320.50 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $487.31 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $510.51 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $556.92 ↓ -99%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $580.13 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $603.33 ↓ -99%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $603.33 ↓ -99%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $626.54 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $626.54 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Charter $649.74 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $672.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $672.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $696.15 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $696.15 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $696.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $696.15 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|PPO $719.36 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $719.36 ↓ -99%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $812.18 ↓ -99%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $839.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $858.59 ↓ -99%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $951.41 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial|PPO $974.61 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial|HMO $974.61 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Optum $1,090.64 ↓ -98%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,276.28 ↓ -98%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,276.28 ↓ -98%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,276.28 ↓ -98%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,392.30 ↓ -98%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,392.30 ↓ -98%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,392.30 ↓ -98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,508.33 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,508.33 ↓ -98%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,508.33 ↓ -98%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,508.33 ↓ -98%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,508.33 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,624.35 ↓ -97%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,624.35 ↓ -97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,740.38 ↓ -97%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,917.20 ↓ -97%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,972.43 ↓ -97%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,320.50 ↓ -96%

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Ascenda two piece catheter at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $18,583.01 $8,030.61 – $28,680.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $63,744.10 $487.31 – $2,320.50
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $23,446.50 $5,250.92 – $37,094.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $63,744.10 $487.31 – $2,320.50
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $63,744.10 $487.31 – $2,320.50
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $23,446.50 $8,243.20 – $35,033.60
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $23,446.50 $8,243.20 – $45,749.76
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $63,744.10 $487.31 – $2,320.50

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