Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$721.00

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.

$2,060.00

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.

$42.44 with Wellpoint vs $2,060.00 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 $42.44 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $42.44 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $42.44 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $43.29 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $43.29 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $43.29 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $44.56 ↓ -94%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $48.81 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $56.87 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $58.14 ↓ -92%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $65.36 ↓ -91%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -88%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $88.19 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -88%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -88%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $92.62 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -87%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -87%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $97.01 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $102.01 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↓ -84%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $119.06 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $125.17 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $132.28 ↓ -82%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $132.28 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $132.41 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $132.41 ↓ -82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $164.80 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $164.80 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $220.84 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↓ -63%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $286.62 ↓ -60%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $556.20 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $721.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $745.31 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $968.20 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,133.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,133.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,133.00 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,215.40 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,236.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,339.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,339.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,339.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,400.80 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,442.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,442.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,442.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,545.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,701.98 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,751.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,060.00 ↑ +186%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.06 $55.59 – $405.09
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