Bone tendon board add on at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$12,740.24
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.
$36,400.67
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.
$320.87 with Cigna vs $23,950.19 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $320.87 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $338.27 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $338.27 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $5,269.05 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $6,227.05 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,227.05 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,227.05 | ↓ -51% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $6,466.56 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $7,664.07 | ↓ -40% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,903.57 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $8,143.07 | ↓ -36% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $8,382.57 | ↓ -34% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $8,665.18 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $9,101.08 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,101.08 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $11,256.59 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $11,496.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $11,496.10 | ↓ -10% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,735.60 | ↓ -8% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $13,172.61 | ↑ +3% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $13,172.61 | ↑ +3% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $13,172.61 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $14,370.12 | ↑ +13% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $14,370.12 | ↑ +13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $15,567.63 | ↑ +22% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $15,567.63 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $15,567.63 | ↑ +22% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $16,765.14 | ↑ +32% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $16,765.14 | ↑ +32% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $16,765.14 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $16,765.14 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $16,765.14 | ↑ +32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $17,962.65 | ↑ +41% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $19,787.65 | ↑ +55% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $20,357.67 | ↑ +60% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $23,950.19 | ↑ +88% |
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Bone tendon board add on at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $5,096.00 | $271.16 – $271.16 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $10,838.31 | $320.87 – $23,224.95 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $271.16 – $271.16 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $271.16 – $271.16 |