Brachytx isodose complex 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

$2,342.20

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.

$6,692.00

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.

$264.00 with Renaissance vs $6,692.00 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 $264.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $345.17 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $361.72 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $366.66 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -84%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $366.66 ↓ -84%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $366.66 ↓ -84%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $370.33 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $373.99 ↓ -84%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $373.99 ↓ -84%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -84%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -83%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -83%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $403.33 ↓ -83%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $494.99 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -77%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $549.99 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $549.99 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $549.99 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $564.66 ↓ -76%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $566.30 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $834.56 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,078.08 ↓ -54%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,191.65 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,198.65 ↓ -49%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,806.84 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,873.76 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,033.00 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,074.52 ↓ -11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,342.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,421.17 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,743.72 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Charter $3,001.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $3,145.24 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $3,334.00 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|HMO $3,334.00 ↑ +42%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,680.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,680.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,680.60 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,948.28 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,015.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,349.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,349.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,349.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,550.56 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,684.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,684.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,684.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,019.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,528.94 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,688.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,692.00 ↑ +186%

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Brachytx isodose complex at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,599.35 $910.22 – $910.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $705.45 $199.88 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,842.35 $379.22 – $2,763.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,484.81 $296.96 – $1,856.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $705.45 $188.12 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,842.35 $357.33 – $2,763.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,842.35 $915.33 – $2,763.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,484.81 $357.33 – $2,227.21

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