Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 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

$2,998.45

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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.

$8,567.00

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.

$525.71 with Wellpoint vs $8,567.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $525.71 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $525.71 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $525.71 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $525.71 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $525.71 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $536.22 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $536.22 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $536.22 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $552.00 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $604.57 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $704.45 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $704.45 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $720.22 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $809.59 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,072.96 ↓ -64%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↓ -64%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,243.63 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↓ -57%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↓ -55%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,373.39 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,640.22 ↓ -45%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,640.22 ↓ -45%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↓ -44%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,727.26 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,727.26 ↓ -42%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -42%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -42%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,727.26 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,744.53 ↓ -42%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,761.81 ↓ -41%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,761.81 ↓ -41%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,779.08 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↓ -41%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17 ↓ -38%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17 ↓ -38%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,899.99 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,074.38 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,313.09 ↓ -23%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,331.80 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,460.65 ↓ -18%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,501.99 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89 ↓ -14%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,590.89 ↓ -14%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,590.89 ↓ -14%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89 ↓ -14%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,590.89 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,659.98 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,746.77 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↓ -4%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,998.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,099.55 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Optum $4,026.49 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $4,711.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $4,711.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $4,711.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,140.20 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +73%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,568.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5,568.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $5,568.55 ↑ +86%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,613.60 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,825.56 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $5,996.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $5,996.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $5,996.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,425.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $6,510.92 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,078.06 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +141%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $7,281.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $8,567.00 ↑ +186%

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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,916.46 $3,285.36 – $4,106.70
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St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,998.45 $1,285.00 – $8,567.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,028.48 $3,232.35 – $5,877.00
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